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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
414
8082
29172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
112
1822
7450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
593
2675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
209
1169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
179
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
21
196
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
21 Genera with 196 Species
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Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 191819SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 191118SpeciesTaxom
Ceratoculicoides Wirth & Rata..., 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 18049SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogoninae1SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1920Midge44SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 185218SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 200046SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Kolenohelea De Meillon &..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 181815SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Schizohelea Kieffer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19199SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromias Curtis, 18184SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19565SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
196 Species
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) aethiops Goetghebuer, 1920
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) brunnipes Meigen, 1804
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) fuscus Meigen, 1804
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) haesitans Kieffer, 1922
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) infuscus Goetghebuer, 1929
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus Meigen, 1830
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) pavidus Winnertz, 1852
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) psilopterus Kieffer, 1919
Atrichopogon (Lophomyidium) rostratus Winnertz, 1852
Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) lucorum Meigen, 1818
Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer, 1922
Atrichopogon (Psammopogon) flavolineatus Strobl, 1880
Atrichopogon (Psilokempia) appendiculatus Goetghebuer, 1920
Atrichopogon (Psilokempia) forcipatus Winnertz, 1852
Atrichopogon homopterus (Kieffer, 1919)⇒ Atrichopogon lucorum Meigen, 1818
Atrichopogon niloticus Kieffer, 1921
Atrichopogon seminitidus (Goetghebuer, 1947)⇒ Atrichopogon lucorum Meigen, 1818
Atrichopogon torgnyensis (Goetghebuer, 1949)⇒ Atrichopogon lucorum Meigen, 1818
Atrichopogon trifasciatus (Kieffer, 1918)⇒ Atrichopogon flavolineatus Strobl, 1880
Bezzia (Bezzia) albipes (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Bezzia coracina Zetterstedt, 1850
Bezzia (Bezzia) ornata Meigen, 1830
Bezzia (Homobezzia) bicolor Meigen, 1804
Bezzia albicornis Meigen, 1818
Bezzia annulipes Meigen, 1830
Bezzia circumdata Staeger, 1839
Bezzia curtiforceps Goetghebuer, 1929
Bezzia exigua Goetghebuer, 1935
Bezzia flavicornis Staeger, 1839
Bezzia gandavensis (Goetghebuer, 1935)⇒ Bezzia multiannulata Strobl, 1906
Bezzia leucogaster Zetterstedt, 1850
Bezzia multiannulata Strobl, 1906
Bezzia nobilis Winnertz, 1852
Bezzia rubiginosa Winnertz, 1852
Bezzia signata Meigen, 1804
Bezzia solstitialis (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Bezzia circumdata Staeger, 1839
Bezzia winnertziana Kieffer, 1919
Bezzia xanthocephala (Goetghebuer, 1911)⇒ Bezzia leucogaster Zetterstedt, 1850
Ceratopogon brevicubita Goetghebuer, 1920
Ceratopogon canaliculata (Goetghebuer, 1920)⇒ Forcipomyia fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Ceratopogon candidatus (Loew, 1856)⇒ Sphaeromias miricornis Kieffer, 1919
Ceratopogon crassinervis (Goetghebuer, 1920)⇒ Ceratopogon naccinervis Borkent, 1997
Ceratopogon grandiforceps Kieffer, 1913
Ceratopogon naccinervis Borkent, 1997
Ceratopogon niveipennis Meigen, 1818
Ceratopogon pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758
Ceratopogon punctatus (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Culicoides punctatus Meigen, 1804
Ceratopogoninae similis Goetghebuer, 1927
Clinohelea (Clinohelea) unimaculata Macquart, 1826
Culicoides (Avaritia) chiopterus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Avaritia) dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) manchuriensis Tokunaga, 1941
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) salinarius Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Culicoides) impunctatus Goetghebuer, 1920Highland midge
Culicoides (Culicoides) newsteadi Austen, 1921
Culicoides (Culicoides) pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758Biting midge
Culicoides (Culicoides) punctatus Meigen, 1804
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) parroti Kieffer, 1922
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) puncticollis (Becker, 1903)⇒ Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) riethi Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) stigma Meigen, 1818
Culicoides (Oecacta) albicans Winnertz, 1852
Culicoides (Oecacta) festivipennis Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Oecacta) maritimus Kieffer, 1924
Culicoides (Oecacta) pictipennis (Staeger, 1839)⇒ Culicoides festivipennis Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Oecacta) pseudoheliophilus Callot & Kremer, 1961
Culicoides (Oecacta) simulator Edwards, 1939
Culicoides (Oecacta) vexans Staeger, 1839
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) fascipennis Staeger, 1839
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) pallidicornis Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) subfasciipennis Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides (Trithecoides) immaculatus Lee & Reye, 1953
Culicoides (Wirthomyia) minutissimus Zetterstedt, 1855
Culicoides alatavicus Gutsevich & ..., 1971
Culicoides albihalteratus (Goetghebuer, 1935)⇒ Culicoides pseudoheliophilus Callot & Kremer, 1961
Culicoides arcuatus Winnertz, 1852
Culicoides belgicus Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides caliginosus Goetghebuer, 1952
Culicoides cunctans Winnertz, 1852
Culicoides edwardsi (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Culicoides newsteadi Austen, 1921
Culicoides festivipenis Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides fuscus (Goetghebuer, 1952)⇒ Culicoides alatavicus Gutsevich & ..., 1971
Culicoides kiefferi (Patton, 1913)⇒ Culicoides stigma Meigen, 1818
Culicoides odibilis (Austen, 1921)⇒ Culicoides festivipennis Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer, 2008
Culicoides punctaticollis (Goetghebuer, 1920)⇒ Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides setiger (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Dasyhelea setiger Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides setosinervis (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Culicoides pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758
Culicoides unimaculatus (Goetghebuer, 1920)⇒ Culicoides stigma Meigen, 1818
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) bilineata (Goetghebuer, 1920)⇒ Dasyhelea dufouri Laboulbene, 1869
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) coarctata Kieffer, 1914
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) dufouri Laboulbene, 1869
Dasyhelea (Dicryptoscena) modesta Winnertz, 1852
Dasyhelea (Dicryptoscena) notata Goetghebuer, 1920
Dasyhelea (Dicryptoscena) polita Edwards, 1921
Dasyhelea (Prokempia) flaviventris Goetghebuer, 1910
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) arenivaga Macfie, 1943
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) communis Kieffer, 1918
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) flavoscutellata Zetterstedt, 1850
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) sericata Winnertz, 1852
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) turficola Kieffer, 1925
Dasyhelea flava Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Dasyhelea littoralis Goetghebuer, 1934
Dasyhelea obscura (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Dasyhelea versicolor Winnertz, 1852
Dasyhelea semistriata (Goetghebuer, 1921)⇒ Dasyhelea notata Goetghebuer, 1920
Dasyhelea setiger Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea versicolor Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) alacris Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) palustris (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Forcipomyia monilicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) scapularis Goetghebuer, 1933
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) titillans Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) brevipennis Macquart, 1826
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) ciliata Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) costata Zetterstedt, 1838
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) crassipes Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) guilleaumei Goetghebuer, 1935
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) kaltenbachi Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) nigra Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) pallida (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Forcipomyia sphagnophila Kieffer, 1925
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) pulchrithorax Edwards, 1924
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) radicicola Edwards, 1924
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) sphagnophila Kieffer, 1925
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) urbana Goetghebuer, 1937
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) velox Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) paludis Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) knockensis Goetghebuer, 1938
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) murina Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) frutetorum Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) monilicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) eques Johannsen, 1908
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) tonnoiri Goetghebuer, 1920
Forcipomyia attonsa (Goetghebuer, 1950)⇒ Forcipomyia murina Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia auronitens Kieffer, 1910
Forcipomyia bequaerti (Goetghebuer, 1942)⇒ Forcipomyia knockensis Goetghebuer, 1938
Forcipomyia blantoni Soria & Bystrak, 1975Marbletree
Forcipomyia brevicubitus Goetghebuer, 1920
Forcipomyia canicularis (Goetghebuer, 1948)⇒ Forcipomyia ciliata Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia curticornis (Goetghebuer, 1933)⇒ Forcipomyia monilicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia divaricata (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Forcipomyia titillans Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia diversipes (Goetghebuer, 1936)⇒ Forcipomyia glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia halterata Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia kaltenbachii Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia laguncula Kieffer, 1925
Forcipomyia minuta (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Forcipomyia acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia murinus Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia papilionivora (Edwards, 1923)⇒ Forcipomyia tonnoiri Goetghebuer, 1920
Forcipomyia picea (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Forcipomyia costata Zetterstedt, 1838
Forcipomyia sirycta Yu & Liu, 2000
Johannsenomyia inermis Kieffer, 1909
Kolenohelea sharpi (Edwards, 1929)⇒ Kolenohelea calcarata Goetghebuer, 1920
Mallochohelea inermis Kieffer, 1909
Mallochohelea silvicola Goetghebuer, 1920
Monohelea similis (Goetghebuer, 1927)⇒ Culicoides chiopterus Meigen, 1830
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) flavipes Meigen, 1804
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) fulva Macquart, 1826
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) serripes Meigen, 1818
Palpomyia aterrima Goetghebuer, 1921
Palpomyia crassinervis De Meijere, 1907
Palpomyia distincta Haliday, 1833
Palpomyia limnochares Macfie, 1940
Palpomyia lineata Meigen, 1804
Palpomyia longicornis (Williston, 1896)⇒ Palpomyia csikii Remm, 1981
Palpomyia nigripes Meigen, 1830
Palpomyia quadrispinosa Goetghebuer, 1920
Palpomyia rufipes Meigen, 1818
Palpomyia semiermis Goetghebuer, 1914
Palpomyia spinipes (Meigen, 1806)⇒ Palpomyia pubescens Kieffer, 1919
Palpomyia tibialis Meigen, 1818
Paryphoconus telmatophilus Macfie, 1940
Schizohelea leucopeza Meigen, 1804
Serromyia atra Meigen, 1818
Serromyia bispinosa (Goetghebuer, 1936)⇒ Serromyia rufitarsis Meigen, 1818
Serromyia femorata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Serromyia ledicola Kieffer, 1925
Serromyia macronyx (Goetghebuer, 1933)⇒ Serromyia ledicola Kieffer, 1925
Serromyia morio (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Serromyia nitens (Goetghebuer, 1920)⇒ Serromyia atra Meigen, 1818
Serromyia rufitarsis Meigen, 1818
Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919
Sphaeromias candidatus (Loew, 1856)⇒ Sphaeromias miricornis Kieffer, 1919
Sphaeromias fasciatus Meigen, 1804
Sphaeromias miricornis Kieffer, 1919
Sphaeromias pictus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Sphaeromias fasciatus Meigen, 1804
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) gracilis Haliday, 1833
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) ochracea Winnertz, 1852
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) flavirostris Winnertz, 1852
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Benelux
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
18
130
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
65
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