Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Culicomorpha
Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Aedini
Genus: Opifex

Subgenera: O. (Nothoskusea) O. (Opifex)

Overview of species (2)

O. chathamicus  O. fuscus

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, plus O. chathamicus
]

Name

Opifex Hutton, 1902

Type species: Opifex fuscus Hutton, 1902

References

  • Hutton, F.W. 1902. Additions to the Diptera fauna of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 34: 179–196. BHL Reference page. 
  • Reinert, J. F. 2001. Comparative anatomy of the female genitalia of genera and subgenera in tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae). Part VI. Genus Ayurakitia Thurman. Part VII. Genus Opifex Hutton. Part VIII. Genus Verrallina Theobald. Part IX. Genus Eretmapodites Theobald. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 32: 1–50.
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