Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Culicoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Culicomorpha – many midges.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Dixidae, Corethreiidae, Chaoboridae, Culicidae - families