Corethrellidae

Corethrellidae

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 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: Culicoidea

Familia: Corethrellidae
Genera (1): Corethrella
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]

Name

Corethrellidae Edwards, 1932

Synonymy

• Corethrellini Edwards, 1932: 16 (as tribe of subfamily Chaoborinae, family Culicidae)
• Corethrellinae Cook, 1965: 104
• Corethrellidae Wood & Borkent, 1986: 262

References

Primary references

• Cook, E.F. 1965. Family Chaoboridae. In: Stone, A., Sabrosky, C.W., Wirth, W.W., Foote, R.H. & Coulson, J.R. (eds.) A Catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico. Agriculture Handbook (United States Department of Agriculture) 276: 102–105. Google Books.
• Edwards, F.W. 1932. Diptera. Fam. Culicidae. Genera Insectorum 194: 1–258. BHL.

Additional references

• Borkent, A. 2008. The frog-biting midges of the World (Corethrellidae: Diptera). Zootaxa 1804: 1–456. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1804.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Borkent, A. 2014. World catalog of extant and fossil Corethrellidae (Diptera). Zootaxa 3796(3): 453–468. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.3.3 Reference page. 
• Gil-Azevedo, L.H., Corrêa, C.C.D. & Borkent, A. 2016. FAMILY CORETHRELLIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 178–181. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: frog-biting midges

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