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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9807
35125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
108
1686
7019
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
30
558
3115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
224
1399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
191
1173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
20
230
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
20 Genera with 230 Species
Allohelea Kieffer, 01SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19407SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 194017SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19395SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 19407SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1990Midge80SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 194024SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 194055SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Nannoodes Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 19394SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19407SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Schizohelea Kieffer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromias Curtis, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 196312SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
230 Species
Allohelea inflativena
Alluaudomyia aterrivena Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia pseudomarginalis Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia quinquepunctata Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia sagaensis Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia shogakii Tokunaga, 1960
Alluaudomyia spinosipes Tokunaga, 1962
Alluaudomyia undecimpunctata Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) brunnipes Meigen, 1804
Atrichopogon (Lophomyidium) rostratus Winnertz, 1852
Atrichopogon clavifuscus Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon dorsalis Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon ezoensis Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon femoralis Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon flavens Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon flaviscutellum Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon ilonae Gosseries, 1989
Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907Biting midge
Atrichopogon japonicus Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon kyotoensis Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon marginipilus Tokunaga, 1940
Atrichopogon palmatus Tokunaga, 1962
Atrichopogon pilosipennis (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Forcipomyia velox Winnertz, 1852
Atrichopogon snyderi Tokunaga, 1959
Atrichopogon yoshimurai Tokunaga, 1940
Bezzia flava Tokunaga, 1939
Bezzia flavipennis Tokunaga, 1939
Bezzia kitaokai Tokunaga, 1963
Bezzia micronyx Kieffer, 1921
Bezzia minutistyla Tokunaga, 1939
Brachypogon nipponensis Wirth & Grogan, 1988
Ceratopogon abdominalis Tokunaga, 1940
Ceratopogon albitarsis (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Schizohelea leucopeza Meigen, 1804
Ceratopogon basiflagellatus Tokunaga, 1940
Ceratopogon montanus Tokunaga, 1940
Ceratopogon monticolus Tokunaga, 1940
Ceratopogon unguis Tokunaga, 1940
Ceratopogon yariensis Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Amossovia) dendrophilus Amossova, 1957
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevipalpis Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917Horse hypersensitive biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) flavipunctatus Kitaoka, 1975
Culicoides (Avaritia) hasegawai Kanasugi & K..., 2001
Culicoides (Avaritia) jacobsoni Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Avaritia) maculatus Shiraki, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) nupurius Kanasugi & K..., 2001
Culicoides (Avaritia) sinanoensis Tokunaga, 1937
Culicoides (Avaritia) suzukii Kitaoka, 1973
Culicoides (Avaritia) wadai Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) arakawai Arakawa, 1910
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) sphagnumensis Williams, 1955
Culicoides (Culicoides) cylindratus Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides (Culicoides) dubius Arnaud, 1956
Culicoides (Culicoides) indianus Macfie, 1932
Culicoides (Culicoides) nipponensis Tokunaga, 1955
Culicoides (Culicoides) peregrinus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Culicoides) sumatrae Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) riethi Kieffer, 1914
Culicoides (Monotomus) homotomus Kieffer, 1921
Culicoides (Oecacta) charadraeus Arnaud, 1956
Culicoides (Oecacta) clavipalpis Mukerji, 1931
Culicoides (Oecacta) longipennis Khalaf, 1957
Culicoides (Oecacta) okinawensis Arnald, 1956
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Remmia) oxystoma (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) pallidicornis Kieffer, 1919
Culicoides (Trithecoides) anophelis Edwards, 1922
Culicoides (Trithecoides) humeralis Okada, 1941
Culicoides (Trithecoides) matsuzawai Tokunaga, 1950
Culicoides amamiensis (Tokunaga, 1937)⇒ Culicoides sumatrae Macfie, 1934
Culicoides aomoriensis Kitaoka, 1991
Culicoides arakawae Arakawa, 1910
Culicoides arnaudi Wirth & Hubert, 1961
Culicoides asiana
Culicoides asiaticus Gutsevich & ..., 1966
Culicoides aterinervis Tokunaga, 1937
Culicoides balius (Arnaud, 1956)⇒ Culicoides crassipilosus Tokunaga, 1937
Culicoides comosioculatus Tokunaga, 1956
Culicoides crassipilosus Tokunaga, 1937
Culicoides epactius (Arnaud, 1956)⇒ Culicoides saninensis Tokunaga, 1956
Culicoides erairai Kono & Takahasi, 1940
Culicoides fukudai Wada, 1990
Culicoides hayakawai Kitaoka, 1984
Culicoides hokkaidoensis Kitaoka, 1984
Culicoides insularis Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides japonicus Arnaud, 1956
Culicoides kyotoensis Tokunaga, 1937
Culicoides kyushuensis Wada, 1986
Culicoides lacicola (Arnaud, 1956)⇒ Culicoides sphagnumensis Williams, 1955
Culicoides litus (Arnaud, 1956)⇒ Culicoides saninensis Tokunaga, 1956
Culicoides longicercus Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides longidens
Culicoides mahensis (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Dasyhelea aurantiaca Kieffer, 1911
Culicoides midorensis Arnaud, 1956
Culicoides mihensis
Culicoides morisitai Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides nasuensis Kitaoka, 1984
Culicoides nibleyi Wirth & Hubert, 1962
Culicoides nukabirensis Wada, 1979
Culicoides nunomemoguri Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides okazawai Wada, 1990
Culicoides okumensis (Arnaud, 1956)⇒ Culicoides actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides omogensis Arnaud, 1956
Culicoides pastus Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides pictimargo
Culicoides ressi (Bullock & Ak..., 1959)⇒ Culicoides dendrophilus Amossova, 1957
Culicoides saninensis Tokunaga, 1956
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides sigaensis Tokunaga, 1937
Culicoides tatebeae Kitaoka, 1991
Culicoides tobaensis Tokunaga, 1937
Culicoides tohokuensis Okada, 1941
Culicoides tokunagai Arnaud, 1956
Culicoides towadaensis Okada, 1941
Culicoides toyamaruae Arnaud, 1956
Culicoides tsutaensis Wada, 1990
Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) dufouri Laboulbene, 1869
Dasyhelea (Dicryptoscena) modesta Winnertz, 1852
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) flavoscutellata Zetterstedt, 1850
Dasyhelea arciforceps Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea aurantiaca Kieffer, 1911
Dasyhelea breviforceps
Dasyhelea centridorsalis Tokunaga, 1963
Dasyhelea claviculifera
Dasyhelea clavifula Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea crassipilosa Tokunaga, 1956
Dasyhelea curtiradialis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea curtivitta Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea kibunensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea kyotoensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea luteicauda
Dasyhelea maritima Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea okinawensis
Dasyhelea robustiforceps
Dasyhelea setoensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea simpliradialis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea symmetria
Dasyhelea vittata Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea vittulae Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea yoshimurai Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) anabaenae Chan & Saunders, 1965
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) velox Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) esakiana Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) adhesipes Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fidens Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fusicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) murina Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) tokunagai (Oka & Asahina, 1948)⇒ Forcipomyia murina Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) japonica Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) kitasirakawae Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia angelicae Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia anguliforceps Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia annulipes Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia astyla Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia atomaria Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia binigrimaculata Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia breviforceps Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia brevipedicellata Kieffer, 1901
Forcipomyia crinume Tokunaga, 1932
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia fasciata Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia fascicornis
Forcipomyia hikosanensis Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia ishikariensis Yamashita, K..., 1957
Forcipomyia ishizuchiensis Udaka, 1959
Forcipomyia kii Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia kyotoensis Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia longicornis Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia maculipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia magnipunctata Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia matsumurai Kitaoka, 1994
Forcipomyia mimima Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia minuta (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Forcipomyia acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia monilis (Goetghebuer, 1934)⇒ Forcipomyia glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia monticola Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia moriokensis Kitaoka, 1994
Forcipomyia nasuensis Kitaoka, 1994
Forcipomyia neomonticola Borkent, 1997
Forcipomyia nibleyi
Forcipomyia nipponica Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia nudocola Tokunaga, 1973
Forcipomyia regulus Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia subauronitens Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia subpallida
Forcipomyia tsutsumii Tokunaga, 1960
Forcipomyia ventralis Borkent, 1997
Forcipomyia vittata Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia walschaertsi Gosseries, 1989
Forcipomyia yoshimurai Tokunaga, 1940
Leptoconops nipponensis Tokunaga, 1937
Mallochohelea shibayai Tokunaga, 1940
Monohelea inflativena Tokunaga, 1962
Monohelea japonica Udaka, 1959
Nannoodes pseudocistela A. Handlirsch, 1906
Nilobezzia japana Tokunaga, 1939
Nilobezzia javanensis Macfie, 1934
Nilobezzia nipponensis Tokunaga, 1939
Nilobezzia setoensis Tokunaga, 1939
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) fulva Macquart, 1826
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) serripes Meigen, 1818
Palpomyia kyotoensis Tokunaga, 1939
Palpomyia montana Tokunaga, 1939
Palpomyia monticola Tokunaga, 1939
Palpomyia sinanoensis Tokunaga, 1939
Palpomyia yasumatsui Tokunaga, 1940
Paryphoconus telmatophilus Macfie, 1940
Probezzia sugiyamai Tokunaga, 1940
Schizohelea leucopeza Meigen, 1804
Sphaeromias fasciatus Meigen, 1804
Sphaeromias pictus (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Sphaeromias fasciatus Meigen, 1804
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) alba Tokunaga, 1940
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) festiva Kieffer, 1911
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) notata De Meijere, 1907
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) subviridis Macfie, 1934
Stilobezzia amaniensis Meillon, 1980
Stilobezzia claripes Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia monticola (Tokunaga, 1940)⇒ Stilobezzia amaniensis Meillon, 1980
Stilobezzia nudisthmostheca Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia okinawensis
Stilobezzia tokunagai (Gupta & Wirth, 1968)⇒ Stilobezzia claripes Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia zonata Tokunaga, 1963

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
16
156
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
72
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