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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Antilles (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
624
10531
30355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
620
10516
30326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
595
10384
30019
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
368
8207
24054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
89
1399
4283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
295
1229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
101
492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
70
250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
27
165
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Antilles
27 Genera with 165 Species
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Acanthohelea Kieffer, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Allohelea Kieffer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19569SpeciesTaxom
Baeodasymyia Clastrier & ..., 19792SpeciesTaxom
Baeohelea Wirth & Blanton, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19918SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19989SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1925Midge31SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 201633SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 197140SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyia Say, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Lasiohelea Kieffer, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptohelea Wirth & Blanton, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19976SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19797SpeciesTaxom
Pellucidomyia Macfie, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19477SpeciesTaxom
Thyridomyia Saunders, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichohelea Goetghebuer, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Antilles
165 Species
Allohelea neotropica Wirth, 1991
Alluaudomyia caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Atrichopogon caribbeanus Ewen & Saunders, 1958
Atrichopogon dominicanus R. Szadziewski, 1998
Atrichopogon lituratus Williston, 1896
Atrichopogon obscurus Ewen & Saunders, 1958
Atrichopogon penicillatus Delecolle & ..., 1994
Atrichopogon saundersi Ewen & Saunders, 1958
Atrichopogon sequax Williston, 1896
Atrichopogon thersites Williston, 1896
Atrichopogon warmkei Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Baeodasymyia dominicana R. Szadziewski, 1994
Baeodasymyia modesta Clastrier & ..., 1979
Baeohelea nana Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Bezzia flinti Spinelli, 1991
Bezzia gibbera Coquillett, 1905
Bezzia globulosa Spinelli & W..., 1990
Bezzia jamaicensis Spinelli, 1991
Bezzia punctipennis Williston, 1896
Bezzia venustula Spinelli, 1991
Bezzia venustulus
Bezzia woodruffi Spinelli, 1991
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus R. Szadziewski, 1998
Brachypogon (Isohelea) dominicanus R. Szadziewski, 1998
Brachypogon (Isohelea) prominuloides R. Szadziewski, 1998
Brachypogon bifidus Spinelli & G..., 1998
Brachypogon fuscivenosus Lutz, 1914
Brachypogon impar Johannsen, 1938
Brachypogon insularis Spinelli & G..., 1998
Brachypogon telesfordi Spinelli & G..., 1998
Brachypogon woodruffi Spinelli & G..., 1998
Ceratopogon punctatus (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Culicoides punctatus Meigen, 1804
Culicoides (Avaritia) chiopterus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Avaritia) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952
Culicoides (Culicoides) pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758Biting midge
Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) loughnani Edwards, 1922
Culicoides (Hoffmania) foxi Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides (Hoffmania) insignis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides (Oecacta) furens Poey, 1851
Culicoides ambericus R. Szadziewski, 1998
Culicoides antilleanus R. Szadziewski, 1998
Culicoides archboldi Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides borinqueni Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides bredini Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides brodzinskyi R. Szadziewski, 1998
Culicoides decor Williston, 1896
Culicoides dominicanus Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides dureti Ronderos & S..., 1995
Culicoides eadsi Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides farri Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides guadeloupensis Floch & Abon..., 1950
Culicoides haitiensis Delecolle, R..., 1981
Culicoides heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides hispanicolus R. Szadziewski, 1998
Culicoides hoffmani Fox, 1946
Culicoides mammalicolus R. Szadziewski, 1998
Culicoides panamensis Barbosa, 1947
Culicoides parensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides trilineatus Fox, 1946
Culicoides trinidadensis Hoffman, 1925
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) flavifrons Guérin, 1833
Dasyhelea aegealitis Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Dasyhelea aegialitis
Dasyhelea antilleana R. Szadziewski, 1998
Dasyhelea bermudae Wirth & Will..., 1957Flowery phlox
Dasyhelea brachystyla Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984
Dasyhelea cincta Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea dominicana R. Szadziewski, 1998
Dasyhelea grisea Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea griseola Wirth, 1978
Dasyhelea guadeloupensis Delecolle & ..., 1994
Dasyhelea hamula Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea hispaniolae R. Szadziewski, 1998
Dasyhelea huertai Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea jamaicensis Spinelli & W..., 1984
Dasyhelea juanae Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea koenigi Delecolle & ..., 1994
Dasyhelea luteogrisea Wirth & Will..., 1957Flowery phlox
Dasyhelea maculata Macfie, 1943Island rush-rose
Dasyhelea megatheca Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea minuticola R. Szadziewski, 1998
Dasyhelea nelidae Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea patrycjae Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea pseudoincisurata Waugh & Wirth, 1976Davis horsenettle
Dasyhelea pygmaea Williston, 1896
Dasyhelea quadrifurca Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea scalpela Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea scissurae Macfie, 1937Bushy frostweed
Dasyhelea spatula Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea thomasi Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea turnbowi Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Dasyhelea waughi Grogan, Diaz..., 2016
Echinohelea jamaicensis Wirth, 1994
Forcipomyia (Blantonia) caribbea Wirth & Dow, 1971Spiny phlox
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) fusiparamera R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) grimaldii R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) americana R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) woodruffi R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) chrysosuccinea R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) lepidosuccinea R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) oligarthra Saunders, 1957Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fusicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) tertiaricola R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) frutetosuccinea R. Szadziewski, 1998
Forcipomyia aeria Saunders, 1956
Forcipomyia antiguensis Saunders, 1956
Forcipomyia archboldi Meillon & Wirth, 1980
Forcipomyia basifemoralis Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia bifida Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia calatheae Wirth, 1982
Forcipomyia dominicana Meillon & Wirth, 1979
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia farri Wirth, 1966
Forcipomyia flava Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia harpegonata
Forcipomyia hobbsi Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia incubans Macfie, 1937
Forcipomyia jamaicensis Wirth, 1970
Forcipomyia lesliei Wirth, 1974
Forcipomyia lotus Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia messersmithi Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia nana Macfie, 1939
Forcipomyia penultimata Wirth, 1972
Forcipomyia spilmani Meillon & Wirth, 1980
Forcipomyia spinosa Saunders, 1956
Forcipomyia taragui Marino, Spin..., 2002
Forcipomyia trigonata Johannsen, 1931
Forcipomyia varipennis Wirth & Will..., 1957Flowery phlox
Forcipomyia willistoni Wirth, 1971
Heteromyia dominicana R. Szadziewski, 1997
Monohelea hieroglyphica Kieffer, 1917
Monohelea multilineata Lutz, 1914Biting midge
Monohelea panamensis Lane & Wirth, 1964
Nilobezzia schwarzii Coquillett, 1901
Palpomyia csikii Remm, 1981
Palpomyia insularis Spinelli & G..., 1989
Palpomyia longicornis (Williston, 1896)⇒ Palpomyia csikii Remm, 1981
Palpomyia subaspera Coquillett, 1901
Palpomyia tanycornis Borkent, 1997
Palpomyia wirthorum R. Szadziewski, 1997
Parabezzia arenosa Clastrier & ..., 1979
Parabezzia caribbeana Clastrier & ..., 1979
Parabezzia haitiensis Clastrier & ..., 1979
Parabezzia jamaicensis Wirth, 1965
Parabezzia spangleri Wirth, 1965
Parabezzia uncinata Johannsen, 1943
Parabezzia wirthi Clastrier & ..., 1979
Pellucidomyia lanei Wirth & Rata..., 1971
Phaenobezzia wirthi R. Szadziewski, 1997
Stenoxenus setiger Macfie, 1939
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) dominicana R. Szadziewski, 1998
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) antilleana R. Szadziewski, 1998
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia nigroflava Lane & Forat..., 1958
Stilobezzia panamensis Lane & Forat..., 1958
Stilobezzia paulistensis Lane, 1947

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Antilles
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
21
116
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
49
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