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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Afghanistan (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
351
2638
5979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
349
2630
5969
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2623
5962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
2048
4944
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
62
379
770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
13
68
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
25
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
18
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
7
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afghanistan
7 Genera with 18 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1966Midge4SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19947SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Schizodactylus Brullé, 19671SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afghanistan
18 Species
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) fulvipes Remm, 1972
Bezzia albicornis Meigen, 1818
Bezzia calceata Walker, 1856
Bezzia fuliginata Clastrier, 1962
Brachypogon herati Navai, 1997
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) puncticollis (Becker, 1903)⇒ Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Pontoculicoides) saevus Kieffer, 1922
Culicoides noshaquensis Tokunaga, 1966
Dasyhelea afghanica Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea bamianica Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea peculiopa Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea schumanni Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea seminigra Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea serrata Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea similinigrina Navai, 1994
Forcipomyia monticolonia Tokunaga, 1966
Schizodactylus hesperus Bey-Bienko, 1967

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Afghanistan
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ceratopogonidae at artfakta.se
Ceratopogonidae at dyntaxa.se
Ceratopogonidae at gbif.org
Ceratopogonidae at irmng.org
Ceratopogonidae at itis.gov
Ceratopogonidae at marinespecies.org