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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1521
7930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
478
3711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
147
1167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
110
719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
31
264
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
31 Genera with 264 Species
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Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19136SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 191346SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 200317SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 20067SpeciesTaxom
Calyptopogon Kieffer, 19954SpeciesTaxom
Camptopterohelea Wirth & Hubert, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1989Midge66SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 191014SpeciesTaxom
Dibezzia Kieffer, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Eohelea Petrunkevitch, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 191328SpeciesTaxom
Gedanohelea Szadziewski, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Homohelea Kieffer, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Indobezzia Dasgupta & Saha, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Jenkinshelea Macfie, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Macropeza Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Mantohelea Szadziewski, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Meunierohelea Szadziewski, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 191113SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19757SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Schizodactylus Brullé, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 199111SpeciesTaxom
Stilostomella1SpeciesTaxom
Tetrabezzia Kieffer, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Xenohelea Kieffer, 19107SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
264 Species
Alluaudomyia debilipenis Sinha, Mazum..., 2005
Alluaudomyia finitima Sinha, Mazum..., 2005
Alluaudomyia flexistyla Chaudhuri & ..., 1981
Alluaudomyia fuscitarsis Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Alluaudomyia simulata Sinha, Mazum..., 2005
Alluaudomyia xanthocoma Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) tatricus Remm, 1981
Atrichopogon alticola Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon aterrimus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon atroxipes Bose, Dasgup..., 2003
Atrichopogon brevistilus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon calcuttensis Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon circatheca Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon clarusaliger Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon comatus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon eximiunguis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon ferenudus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon flabellis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon flavipalpis Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon grandis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon hilaris Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon indianus Kieffer, 1910
Atrichopogon infamis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon insolens Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon insolitipes Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907Biting midge
Atrichopogon minutalatus Gupta & Bose, 2003
Atrichopogon modestus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon montivagus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Atrichopogon tatricus Remm, 1981
Atrichopogon multidens Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon multiplex Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon multispinosa Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon origenus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon oriphilus Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon palus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon peculiaris Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon perplexus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon planusunguis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon quasicomatus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon setosus Kieffer, 1919
Atrichopogon simplex Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon sordidus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon spadix Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon spurius Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon subcomatus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon sublimatus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon tenuistylus Bose, Dasgup..., 2003
Atrichopogon urbicola Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon vastus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon verax Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon xanthophilus Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon xanthopus Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia analis Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia armatipes Kieffer, 1910
Bezzia bengalensis Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia calcuttensis Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia eucera Kieffer, 1911
Bezzia expedita Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia facialis Kieffer, 1910
Bezzia flavescens Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia fortigenitalis Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia glaucivena Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia kempi Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia lineola Kieffer, 1910
Bezzia monotheca Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia papillistyla Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia propriostyla Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia trispinosa Kieffer, 1911
Bezzia turbipes Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Brachypogon caecus Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon incerticruris Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon infrequens Saha & Dasgupta, 2006
Brachypogon optimus Saha & Dasgupta, 2006
Brachypogon proprius Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon pseudocanadensis Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon stolida Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Calyptopogon albitarsis Kieffer, 1910
Calyptopogon maithonensis Saha & Gupta, 1995
Calyptopogon mirus Sarkar & Gupta, 1995
Calyptopogon pseudoalbitarsis Sarkar & Gupta, 1995
Camptopterohelea odora Stebner & al., 2016
Clinohelea bisignata Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917Horse hypersensitive biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) dumdumi Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) fulvus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) minutus (Sen & Gupta, 1959)⇒ Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) nayabazari Gupta, 1963
Culicoides (Avaritia) orientalis (Macfie, 1932)⇒ Culicoides gutsevichi Sen & Gupta, 1958
Culicoides (Avaritia) pseudopallidipennis Clastrier, 1958
Culicoides (Avaritia) pseudoturgidus (Gupta, 1962)⇒ Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) superfulvus (Gupta, 1962)⇒ Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) arakawai Arakawa, 1910
Culicoides (Culicoides) indianus Macfie, 1932
Culicoides (Culicoides) peregrinus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) histrio Johannsen, 1946
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) variipennis Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides (Oecacta) clavipalpis Mukerji, 1931
Culicoides (Oecacta) huffi Causey, 1938
Culicoides (Oecacta) kepongensis Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Culicoides (Oecacta) notatus Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides (Oecacta) okinawensis Arnald, 1956
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Oecacta) shortti Smith & Swam..., 1932
Culicoides (Oecacta) similis Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides (Remmia) oxystoma (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides (Trithecoides) anophelis Edwards, 1922
Culicoides (Trithecoides) flaviscutatus Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) palpifer Gupta & Ghosh, 1956
Culicoides agas Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Culicoides annandalei Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides autumnalis Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides causeyi Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides certus Gupta, 1962
Culicoides definitus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides distinctus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides gutsevichi Sen & Gupta, 1958
Culicoides halonostictus Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Culicoides hegneri Causey, 1938
Culicoides himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Culicoides imperceptus (Gupta, 1962)⇒ Culicoides actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides inexploratus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides innoxius Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides inornatithorax Gupta, 1963
Culicoides kamrupi Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides macfiei Causey, 1938
Culicoides magnificus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides magnithecalis Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides mesghalii Naval, 1973
Culicoides molestior Kieffer, 1911
Culicoides mukerjii Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides odiosus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides paraliui Gupta, 1962
Culicoides parararipalpis Gupta, 1963
Culicoides peculiaris Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides raripalpis Smith, 1929
Culicoides rariradialis Gupta, 1963
Culicoides rarus Gupta, 1963
Culicoides recurvus Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides sikkimensis Gupta, 1963
Culicoides sonorensis (Wirth & Jones, 1957)⇒ Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, 1957
Culicoides stilobezzioides Foote & Pratt, 1954
Culicoides swaminathi Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides turgidus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides uncistylus Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) arenivaga Macfie, 1943
Dasyhelea brevimana Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea fallax Bose & Gupta, 2003
Dasyhelea longicornis Kieffer, 1913
Dasyhelea macrostoma Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea minima Kieffer, 1913
Dasyhelea montivaga Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea nitidula Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea opaca Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea ornaticornis Kieffer, 1913
Dasyhelea pictiventris Kieffer, 1911
Dasyhelea quadrilobata Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea scapularis Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea setiger Kieffer, 1910
Dibezzia clavata Kieffer, 1911
Dibezzia himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Dibezzia indica Kieffer, 1913
Dibezzia longistila Kieffer, 1911
Eohelea indica Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) allocera Rieth, 1915
Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) borbonica Clastrier, 1959Biting midge
Forcipomyia aerobates Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia albontata Kieffer, 1910
Forcipomyia annandalei Edwards, 1932
Forcipomyia asticta Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia calotricha Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia confluens Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia conigera Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia cubicularis Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia decipiens Kieffer, 1910
Forcipomyia flaviceps Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia heterocera (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Forcipomyia allocera Rieth, 1915
Forcipomyia himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia lignicola Brunetti, 1912
Forcipomyia macrorhynchus Kieffer, 1910
Forcipomyia macrothrix Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia manasi Maheshwari, 2003
Forcipomyia monticola Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia nepala Yu, 2000
Forcipomyia psychasta Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia spiculata Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia stabilis Sen & Gupta, 1968
Forcipomyia subulipenis Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia trinotata Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia tristicta Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia unimaculata Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia variicrus Kieffer, 1913
Gedanohelea gerdesorum Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Homohelea adjuncta Kieffer, 1913
Homohelea barkudensis Edwards, 1932
Homohelea brevispina Kieffer, 1911
Homohelea cinerea Kieffer, 1910
Indobezzia nova Gupta & Saha, 1995
Indobezzia recens Gupta & Saha, 1995
Jenkinshelea setosipennis Kieffer, 1913Pygmy fameflower
Johannsenomyia filicornis Kieffer, 1910
Johannsenomyia filitarsis Kieffer, 1910
Johannsenomyia inermicrus Kieffer, 1913
Johannsenomyia interrupta Kieffer, 1910
Leptoconops brevistylus Mazumdar, Sa..., 2010
Leptoconops fortipalpus Mazumdar, Sa..., 2010
Leptoconops indicus Kieffer, 1918
Macropeza semiflava Kieffer, 1913
Meunierohelea borkenti Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Meunierohelea cambayana Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Meunierohelea orientalis Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Monohelea paranigripes Saha & Gupta, 1991
Monohelea pseudochelagonata Saha & Gupta, 1991
Monohelea subpahangensis Saha & Gupta, 1991
Monohelea unica Sinha & Gupta, 1992
Nilobezzia alipennis Kieffer, 1911
Nilobezzia allotropica Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia arcuatipes Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia disjuncta Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia disticta Kieffer, 1911
Nilobezzia hamifera Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia lacteipennis Kieffer, 1910
Nilobezzia nigra Sen & Gupta, 1958
Nilobezzia nigricans Kieffer, 1910
Nilobezzia photophila Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia pictipes Kieffer, 1910
Nilobezzia stictonota Kieffer, 1911
Nilobezzia tetrasticta Kieffer, 1911
Palpomyia albiditarsis Kieffer, 1910
Palpomyia crassipalpis Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia deminutipalpis Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia flexidigita Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia leucopogon Kieffer, 1911
Palpomyia rivularis Kieffer, 1911
Palpomyia rubiginosa Grogan & Wirth, 1975
Phaenobezzia rara Saha & Gupta, 2001
Phaenobezzia suavis Saha & Gupta, 2001
Phaenobezzia vulgaris Saha & Gupta, 2001
Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
Schizodactylus monstrosus Drury, 1770
Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938
Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) fusciterga Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) festiva Kieffer, 1911
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia bimacula Kieffer, 1910
Stilobezzia crassipes Kieffer, 1918
Stilobezzia dorsosignata Sinha, Dasgu..., 2003
Stilobezzia ensistyla Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Stilobezzia minima Kieffer, 1918
Stilobezzia semiartistyla Sinha, Dasgu..., 2003
Stilobezzia szadziewskii Chaudhuri, 1991
Stilostomella insecta
Tetrabezzia spinigera Kieffer, 1914
Xenohelea albinervis Kieffer, 1913
Xenohelea inaequalis Kieffer, 1910
Xenohelea polysticta Kieffer, 1911
Xenohelea pruinosa Kieffer, 1918
Xenohelea pulchripes Kieffer, 1910
Xenohelea roseiventris Kieffer, 1911
Xenohelea rufiventris Kieffer, 1910

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
21
165
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
74
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
3
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