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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Alajuela (Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
408
5803
10301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
407
5802
10301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
5734
10113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
280
5013
9221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
85
800
1070
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
17
87
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
43
124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
25
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
20
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alajuela
20 Genera with 16 Species
Allohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19536SpeciesTaxom
Baeodasymyia Clastrier & ..., 19993SpeciesTaxom
Baeohelea Wirth & Blanton, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Cacaohelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 2004Midge1SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Spinellihelea Borkent, Gro..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alajuela
16 Species
Atrichopogon bicuspis Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon carnatus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon colossus Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon didymothecae Macfie, 1953
Atrichopogon granditibialis Borkent & Pi..., 2004
Atrichopogon lacajae Macfie, 1953
Baeodasymyia christopheri Borkent, 1999
Baeodasymyia lydiae Borkent, 1999
Baeodasymyia michaeli Borkent, 1999
Baeohelea nana Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides hermani Spinelli & B..., 2004
Forcipomyia leei Wirth & Rata..., 1978Longhair phlox
Spinellihelea brevicosta Borkent, Gro..., 2008
Stenoxenus limpidus Wirth & Rata..., 1972
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Alajuela
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
18
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
7
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