Mosquito genera are the genera of the family Culicidae in the order Diptera, where GBIF lists its genera. The biggest by descendant taxa are Aedes with about 1,360, Culex with about 1,218 and Anopheles with about 950, followed by Uranotaenia with about 319, Wyeomyia with 201, Toxorhynchites with 135, Verrallina with 98, Coquillettidia with 88 and Psorophora with 87. Animal Diversity Web lists its genera for the family, among them Haemagogus, Mansonia and Sabethes alongside the three leading names.
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Culicidae
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"canonicalName":"Anopheles","vernacularName":"Nail Mosquito","authorship":"Meigen, 1818","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Ins. , 1 : 10","numDescendants":950
Children of Culicidae: Aedes
"canonicalName":"Aedes","vernacularName":"Pointy Mosquito","authorship":"Meigen, 1818","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Meigen, Johann W. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Erster Theil mit elf Kupfertafeln. F. W. Forstmann, Aachen.: i-xxxvi, 1-332, pls.1-11.","numDescendants":1360
Children of Culicidae: Culex
"canonicalName":"Culex","vernacularName":"Typical Mosquito","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ","numDescendants":1218
Children of Culicidae: Uranotaenia
"canonicalName":"Uranotaenia","vernacularName":"Heaven Mosquito","authorship":"Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Lynch Arribálzaga, Félix. 1891. Dipterología Argentina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 1: 345-377.","numDescendants":319
Children of Culicidae: Wyeomyia
"canonicalName":"Wyeomyia","vernacularName":"Bromeliad Mosquito","authorship":"Theobald, 1901","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Theobald, Frederick V. 1901. The classification of mosquitoes. Journal of Tropical Medicine 4: 229-235.","numDescendants":201
Children of Culicidae: Toxorhynchites
"canonicalName":"Toxorhynchites","vernacularName":"elephant mosquito","authorship":"Theobald, 1901","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" J. trop. Med. , 4 : 234","numDescendants":135
Children of Culicidae: Verrallina
"canonicalName":"Verrallina","vernacularName":"Broadtail Mosquito","authorship":"Theobald, 1903","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Theobald, Frederick V. 1903. A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes, mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world. Trustees of the British Museum, London. Vol. 3: i-xvii, 1-359, pls.1-17.","numDescendants":98
Children of Culicidae: Coquillettidia
"canonicalName":"Coquillettidia","authorship":"Dyar, 1905","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Dyar, Harrison G. 1905. Remarks on genitalic genera in the Culicidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 7: 42-49.","numDescendants":88
Children of Culicidae: Psorophora
"canonicalName":"Psorophora","vernacularName":"Gang Mosquito","authorship":"Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Robineau-Desvoidy, André J. B. 1827. Essai sur la tribu des culicides. Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3(3): 390-413, pl.10.","numDescendants":87
Children of Culicidae: Haemagogus
"canonicalName":"Haemagogus","vernacularName":"Shoulder Mosquito","authorship":"Williston, 1896","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Williston, Samuel W. 1896. On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies). Dolichopodidae and Phoridae by Professor J.M. Aldrich. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1896(3): 253-449.","numDescendants":46
Children of Culicidae: Mansonia
"canonicalName":"Mansonia","vernacularName":"Submarine Mosquito","authorship":"Blanchard, 1902","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" C.R. Soc. Biol. , Paris, 53 : 1046 (conserved under the plenary power)","numDescendants":60
Children of Culicidae: Sabethes
"canonicalName":"Sabethes","vernacularName":"Canopy Mosquito","authorship":"Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Robineau-Desvoidy, André J. B. 1827. Essai sur la tribu des culicides. Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3(3): 390-413, pl.10.","numDescendants":63
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Genus Anopheles Genus Armigeres
Wikipedia: Aedes
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Aedes (also known as the tiger mosquito or colloquially "dengue mosquito") is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica.
Wikipedia: Anopheles
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Anopheles () is a genus of mosquito first described by the German entomologist J. W. Meigen in 1818, and are known as nail mosquitoes and marsh mosquitoes.
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