Ceratopogonidae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ceratopogonidae
Subfamiliae (3 + 2†): Ceratopogoninae – Forcipomyiinae – Leptoconopinae – †Atriculicoidinae – †Lebanoculicoidinae
Unplaced to subfamily: Sinicohelea – †Adelohelea – †Alautunmyia – †Archiculicoides – †Gerontodacus – †Heleageron – †Protoculicoides

Overview of genera (112 + 23†)

Afrohelea – Afrostilobezzia – Agilihelea – Allohelea – Alloimyia – Alluaudomyia – Amerohelea – Anebomyia – Ankylohelea – Atrichopogon – Atyphohelea – Austroconops – Austrohelea – Austrosphaeromias – Baeodasymyia – Baeohelea – Bahiahelea – Bezzia – Borkenthelea – Bothahelea – Bothamia – Brachypogon – Cacaohelea – Calcarhelea – Calyptopogon – Camptopterohelea – Capehelea – Ceratoculicoides – Ceratohelea – Ceratopogon – Chairopogon – Chelohelea – Clastrieromyia – Clinohelea – Congohelea – Crispomyia – Culicoides – Dasyhelea – Diaphanobezzia – Dibezzia – Downeshelea – Echinohelea – Fanthamia – Fittkauhelea – Forcipomyia – Groganhelea – Guihelea – Hebetula – Heteroceratopogon – Heterohelea – Heteromyia – Homohelea – Hypsimyia – Indobezzia – Isthmohelea – Jenkinshelea – Johannsenomyia – Kolenohelea – Lanatomyia – Lanehelea – Leehelea – Leptoconops – Leptohelea – Luciamyia – Mackerrasomyia – Macropeza – Macrurohelea – Mallochohelea – Metacanthohelea – Metahelea – Meunierohelea – Monohelea – Nannohelea – Neobezzia – Neohelea – Neosphaeromias – Neurobezzia – Neurohelea – Nilobezzia – Niphanohelea – Notiohelea – Notoceratopogon – Oxyria – Pachyhelea – Palpomyia – Parabezzia – Paradasyhelea – Paralluaudomyia – Parastilobezzia – Paryphoconus – Pellucidomyia – Phaenobezzia – Physohelea – Probezzia – Pseudostilobezzia – Rhynchohelea – Schizohelea – Schizonyxhelea – Serromyia – Sinicohelea – Sinhalohelea – Sphaerohelea – Sphaeromias – Spinellihelea – Stenoxenus – Stilobezzia – Stiloculicoides – Tetrabezzia – Wannohelea – Washingtonhelea – Xenohelea – Yungahelea – †Adelohelea – †Alautunmyia – †Archiaustroconops – †Archiculicoides – †Atriculicoides – †Brachycretacea – †Burmahelea – †Ceratopalpomyia – †Eohelea – †Fossihelea – †Fossileptoconops – †Gedanohelea – †Gerontodacus – †Heleageron – †Jordanoconops – †Lebanoculicoides – †Mantohelea – †Minyohelea – †Nelohelea – †Palaeobrachypogon – †Peronehelea – †Protoculicoides – †Wirthohelea
[source: Borkent & Dominiak, 2020; Borkent, Dominiak & Díaz, 2022]

Name

Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834: 388

References

Primary references

Newman, E. 1834. Attempted division of British insects into natural orders. Entomological Magazine 2: 379–431. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Ayala, M.M., Spinelli, G.R., Funes, A. & Ronderos, M.M. 2015: Additional notes on biting midges from the subtropical forest of northeastern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3941(1): 79–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.3. Reference page.
Borkent, A. 2014. The pupae of the biting midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), with a generic key and analysis of the phylogenetic relationships between genera. Zootaxa 3879(1): 1–327. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3879.1.1 . Reference page.
Borkent, A. 2015. New combinations and changes in the classification of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, biting midges). Zootaxa 3972(4): 599–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.4.12. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Borkent, A. 2019. The Phylogenetic Relationships of Cretaceous Biting Midges, with a Key to All Known Genera (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). American Museum Novitates 3921: 1–48. DOI: 10.1206/3921.1 . hdl: 2246/6927 . Reference page.
Borkent, A. & Dominiak, P. 2020. Catalog of the biting midges of the world (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4787(1): 1–377. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4787.1.1 . PDF. Reference page.
Borkent, A., Dominiak, P. & Díaz, F. 2022. An Update and Errata for the Catalog of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5120(1): 53–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.1.3 . Reference page.
Borkent, A. & Grogan, W.L., Jr. 2009. Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, 2273: 1–48. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Dominiak, P. & Alwin, A. & Giłka, W. 2014. New records of predaceous midges from the Middle East, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3753(2): 133–145. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.2.3 Reference page.
Dominiak, P. & Mathieu, B. 2015. Serromyia diabolica, a new biting midge species from Lebanon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3946(3): 436–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.10. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Li, C-Q., Bellis, G., Wu, X-X. & Li, J-H. 2019. A new species of Nilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from the mangrove forest of Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys, 893: 135–141.DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.893.39032 Reference page.
Spinelli, G. & Wolff, M.I.. 2016. FAMILY CERATOPOGONIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 98–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.15. Reference page.
Szadziewski, R. & Dominiak, P. 2015. Afrostilobezzia, a new genus of predatory biting midges from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3941(3): 445–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.3.11 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Szadziewski, R., Dominak, P. & Filatov, S. 2015. Two new species of predatory biting midges of the genus Alluaudomyia from Europe and the Canary Islands (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4039(2): 345–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.8 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Torreias, S.R.S., Ferreira-Keppler, R.L. & Ronderos, M.M. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print). Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) present in aquatic macrophytes from wetlands of Marchantaria Island, Iranduba, Central Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Natural History 48(1–2): 109–122. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791934 Reference page.
Yu, Y.-X., Yan, G., Liu, G.-P. & Liu, Z.-J. 2013. Three new record species and a new species of biting midge from China (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Acta zootaxonomica Sinica 38(2): 372–376. Abstract. Reference page.

Links

Borkent, A. 2011: World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). [electronic publication, last updated: February 10, 2011] Download PDF

Vernacular names

English: biting midges
suomi: Polttiaiset
日本語: ヌカカ科
한국어: 등애모깃과, 좀모깃과

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