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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7111
34903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
864
3837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
17
198
1009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
101
689
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
81
334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
23
173
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Congo
23 Genera with 173 Species
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Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 193919SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 198611SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19668SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1935Midge25SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 193522SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 193930SpeciesTaxom
Hebetula Wirth & Debe..., 19331SpeciesTaxom
Homohelea Kieffer, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19608SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 194810SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 196020SpeciesTaxom
Stiloculicoides Wirth & Grogan, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Xenohelea Kieffer, 19481SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
173 Species
Alluaudomyia brevicosta Clastrier, 1960
Alluaudomyia claudia Meillon, 1942
Alluaudomyia congolensis Meillon, 1939
Alluaudomyia hirsutipennis Clastrier, 1960
Alluaudomyia imperfecta Goetghebuer, 1935
Alluaudomyia maculata Clastrier, 1960
Alluaudomyia maculipennis Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Alluaudomyia maculithorax Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Alluaudomyia marmorata Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Alluaudomyia marmorea Clastrier, 1960
Alluaudomyia melanosticta Ingram & Macfie, 1922
Alluaudomyia quasivuda Stam, 1964
Alluaudomyia quasivudu
Alluaudomyia similiforceps Clastrier, 1960
Alluaudomyia sophiae Stam, 1964
Alluaudomyia sordidipennis Clastrier & ..., 1961
Alluaudomyia tauffiebi Clastrier, 1960
Alluaudomyia vicina Clastrier, 1960
Alluaudomyia wansoni Meillon, 1939
Atrichopogon atricollis Goetghebuer, 1935
Atrichopogon bisetosus Goetghebuer, 1933
Atrichopogon brevifurca Goetghebuer, 1948
Atrichopogon distictus
Atrichopogon distinctus Kieffer, 1918
Atrichopogon luteipes Goetghebuer, 1933
Atrichopogon nigromicans Goetghebuer, 1935
Atrichopogon obesus Goetghebuer, 1948
Atrichopogon picipes Goetghebuer, 1935
Atrichopogon scutellaris Goetghebuer, 1933
Atrichopogon yamabukiensis Clastrier, 1986
Bezzia chrysolopha Kieffer, 1912
Bezzia congolensis Vattier & Adam, 1966
Bezzia dessarti Haeselbarth, 1980
Bezzia dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1935
Bezzia lucida Meillon, 1939
Bezzia meyensis Vattier & Adam, 1966
Bezzia pictipes Goetghebuer, 1948
Bezzia troglophila Vattier & Adam, 1966
Brachypogon brazzai Vattier & Adam, 1966
Brachypogon emphuxi Vattier & Adam, 1966
Brachypogon hamoni Vattier & Adam, 1966
Brachypogon mireillae Vattier & Adam, 1966
Ceratopogon brazzai (Vattier & Adam, 1966)⇒ Brachypogon brazzai Vattier & Adam, 1966
Clinohelea podagrica Goetghebuer, 1948
Culicoides (Avaritia) trifasciellus Goetghebuer, 1935
Culicoides albopunctatus Clastrier, 1960
Culicoides bergi Cochrane, 1973
Culicoides bernardae Itoua & Cornet, 1987
Culicoides brucei Austen, 1909
Culicoides citroneus Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides confusus Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides congolensis Clastrier, 1960
Culicoides diamouanganai Itoua & Cornet, 1987
Culicoides grenieri Vattier & Adam, 1966
Culicoides inornatipennis Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides kibatiensis Goetghebuer, 1935
Culicoides krameri Clastrier, 1959
Culicoides ochrothorax Carter, 1919
Culicoides octosignatus Kieffer, 1921
Culicoides punctithorax Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides quinquelineatus Goetghebuer, 1934
Culicoides rageaui Vattier & Adam, 1966
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides septemmaculatus Goetghebuer, 1935
Culicoides tauffiebi Clastrier, 1960
Culicoides trichopis Meillon, 1937
Culicoides trouilleti Itoua & Cornet, 1987
Culicoides vitshumbiensis Goetghebuer, 1935
Culicoides wansoni Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea (Prokempia) flaviventris Goetghebuer, 1910
Dasyhelea adami Vattier, 1964
Dasyhelea adjaniae Gosseries, 1989
Dasyhelea alborpruinosa Goetghebuer, 1933
Dasyhelea atrolaevis Goetghebuer, 1933
Dasyhelea atrostriata Goetghebuer, 1933
Dasyhelea bicolorea Goetghebuer, 1934
Dasyhelea chambiensis Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea croceoscutellata Goetghebuer, 1933
Dasyhelea flavodcapularis Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea flavohumeralis Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea griseithorax Goetghebuer, 1933
Dasyhelea kisantuensis Goetghebuer, 1933
Dasyhelea luteola Goetghebuer, 1934
Dasyhelea minutissima Goetghebuer, 1933
Dasyhelea nigricans Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Dasyhelea obscurella Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea punctiformis Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea sexlineata Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea signata Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea simulator Goetghebuer, 1935
Dasyhelea tenerrima Goetghebuer, 1935
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) biannulata Ingram & Macfie, 1924Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia apicalis Goetghebuer, 1935
Forcipomyia armativentris Clastrier, 1960
Forcipomyia ashantii Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Forcipomyia basendjiorum Dessart, 1962
Forcipomyia brevicosta Clastrier, 1960
Forcipomyia cacaoi Dessart, 1963
Forcipomyia chrysolopha Kieffer, 1911Biting midge
Forcipomyia flavicoxis Goetghebuer, 1935
Forcipomyia hirsuta Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Forcipomyia indecora (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Forcipomyia psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia kabashae Meillon, 1959
Forcipomyia lepidota (Ingram & Macfie, 1924)⇒ Forcipomyia chrysolopha Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia macronyx Goetghebuer, 1933
Forcipomyia maculipes Goetghebuer, 1933
Forcipomyia nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Forcipomyia nigricoxis Goetghebuer, 1935
Forcipomyia pampoikila Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Forcipomyia perangusta Goetghebuer, 1935
Forcipomyia randensoides Dessart, 1961
Forcipomyia scitula Goetghebuer, 1935
Forcipomyia skiaphila Clastrier, 1960
Forcipomyia stami Wirth & Rata..., 1978
Forcipomyia striaticornis Kieffer, 1918
Forcipomyia tauffiebi Clastrier, 1960
Forcipomyia thabinana Meillon, 1959
Forcipomyia villiersi Clastrier, 1972
Forcipomyia wansoni Meillon, 1939
Hebetula bequaerti Goetghebuer, 1933
Homohelea longicosta Goetghebuer, 1933
Johannsenomyia nigra (Goetghebuer, 1933)⇒ Mallochohelea stygia Debenham, 1974
Johannsenomyia schoutedeni Goetghebuer, 1933
Leptoconops nicolayi Meillon, 1937
Mallochohelea stygia Debenham, 1974
Monohelea africana Clastrier, 1960
Monohelea andrei Vattier & Adam, 1966
Monohelea chalybeata Clastrier, 1960
Monohelea cognata Clastrier, 1960
Monohelea litoraurea Ingram & Macfie, 1921
Monohelea praeclara Goetghebuer, 1935
Monohelea sylvatica Clastrier, 1960
Monohelea transversalis Clastrier, 1960
Palpomyia afra Goetghebuer, 1948
Palpomyia brevipes Goetghebuer, 1948
Palpomyia limnochares Macfie, 1940
Palpomyia nitidissima Goetghebuer, 1948
Palpomyia plebeiella Grogan & Wirth, 1975
Palpomyia ruficrus Goetghebuer, 1948
Palpomyia rutshuruensis Goetghebuer, 1948
Palpomyia spinulosa Goetghebuer, 1935
Palpomyia tauffliebi Vattier & Adam, 1966
Palpomyia wittei Goetghebuer, 1948
Parabezzia falcipennis Clastrier, 1960
Parabezzia insolita Vattier & Adam, 1966
Phaenobezzia nzuari Vattier & Adam, 1966
Phaenobezzia pajoti Vattier & Adam, 1966
Serromyia fulgipennis Clastrier, 1960
Stenoxenus pauliani Vattier & Adam, 1966
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) viridis Coquillett, 1901
Stilobezzia addita Clastrier, 1986
Stilobezzia atronitens Goetghebuer, 1933
Stilobezzia challieri Vattier & Adam, 1966
Stilobezzia chlorosa Clastrier, 1986
Stilobezzia donskoffi Clastrier, 1988
Stilobezzia inkisiensis Clastrier, 1986
Stilobezzia kisantuensis Clastrier, 1986
Stilobezzia longicornis Goetghebuer, 1934
Stilobezzia longiforceps Clastrier, 1960
Stilobezzia nasticae Meillon, 1959
Stilobezzia parvula Goetghebuer, 1933
Stilobezzia poikiloptera Ingram & Macfie, 1922
Stilobezzia quadrisetosa Goetghebuer, 1933
Stilobezzia rutshuruensis Clastrier, 1986
Stilobezzia tauffliebi Meillon, 1959
Stilobezzia tetragona Goetghebuer, 1934
Stilobezzia ugandae Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Stilobezzia vandeli Vattier & Adam, 1966
Stilobezzia vittata Clastrier, 1960
Stiloculicoides congoensis Clastrier, 1993
Xenohelea spinosipes Goetghebuer, 1948

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Congo
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
19
130
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
1
Genus
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