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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Eastern California (California, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
480
4060
9189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
477
4053
9183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
454
3968
9005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
308
3309
7883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
579
1042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
16
120
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
58
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
48
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
17
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern California
17 Genera with 37 Species
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Atyphohelea Borkent, 02SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1999Midge11SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19524SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Nannoodes Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19523SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Washingtonhelea Wirth & Grogan, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern California
37 Species
Amerohelea frontispina Dow & Turner, 1976
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) minutus Meigen, 1830
Atyphohelea macroneura Malloch, 1915
Atyphohelea nigra
Ceratopogon abstrusus Borkent & Gr..., 1995
Ceratopogon relictus Borkent & Gr..., 1995
Culicoides (Avaritia) chiopterus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus Meigen, 1818Common biting midge
Culicoides boydi Wirth & Mullens, 1992
Culicoides cockerellii Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides copiosus Root & Hoffman, 1937Schaffner's wattle
Culicoides hieroglyphicus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides luteovenus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides mohave Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Culicoides utahensis Fox, 1946
Culicoides vestus
Culicoides vetustus Breidenbaugh..., 1999
Dasyhelea brookmani Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Dasyhelea neobifurcata Wirth, 1976Siberian phlox
Dasyhelea pallens Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Dasyhelea tristyla Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) brevipennis Macquart, 1826
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) hygrophila Kieffer, 1924Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia cilipes Coquillett, 1900
Leptoconops californiensis Wirth, 1973Smooth phlox
Leptoconops knowltoni Clastrier & ..., 1978
Mallochohelea pullata Wirth, 1952
Nannoodes pseudocistela A. Handlirsch, 1906
Nilobezzia brevicornis Wirth, 1952
Palpomyia armatipes Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Palpomyia basalis Walker, 1848
Palpomyia linsleyi Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Serromyia barberi Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Washingtonhelea frommeri Wirth & Grogan, 1988

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Eastern California
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
13
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
2
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