living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Uniramia Snodgrass, 1935 see Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848
             Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
               Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                 Infraclass Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - modern, wing-folding insects see Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                   Superorder Holometabola - holometabolans see Subdivision Endopterygota Sharp, 1899
                     Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 - true flies, mosquitoes, gnats
                       Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825
                         Superfamily Culicoidea Meigen, 1818
                           1 Family Dixidae Van der Wulp, 1877
                           2 Family Chaoboridae Edwards, 1920
                           3 Family Culicidae Meigen, 1818 - mosquitoes
                           4 Family Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913 (1847)
                           5 Family Simuliidae Newman, 1834 - black flies and buffalo gnats
                           6 Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834
                           7 Family Chironomidae Macquart, 1838 - midges