Culicoidea is a superfamily within the order Diptera. The following families are included within the Culicoidea: In biology, a superfamily is a taxonomic grade intermediate between suborder and family. ... Suborders Nematocera (includes Eudiptera) Brachycera Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. ... The hierarchy of scientific classification In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. ...

• Dixidae – meniscus midges
• Corethrellidae – frog-biting midges
• Chaoboridae – phantom midges
• Culicidae – mosquitoes

Genera Dixella . ... Subfamilies Chaoborinae Eucorethrinae Chaoboridae, commonly known as phantom midges, are a family of fairly common midges with a cosmopolitan distribution. ... This article is about the insect; for the WWII aircraft see De Havilland Mosquito. ...

Reference

• McAlpine, J.F., B.V. Peterson, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, and D.M. Wood. Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 1. Agriculture Canada Monograph 27.