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Checklist of Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
for Mexico (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
698
14124
57109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
694
14107
57082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
663
13942
56498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
11105
46472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
103
1887
7839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
22
325
1570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
139
837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
99
420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
31
265
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mexico
31 Genera with 265 Species
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Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19844SpeciesTaxom
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 194912SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 199114SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19986SpeciesTaxom
Ceratoculicoides Wirth & Rata..., 19522SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 19953SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19443SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1953Midge91SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 197819SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 199348SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyia Say, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Lasiohelea Kieffer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19738SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19525SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 195214SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19726SpeciesTaxom
Pellucidomyia Macfie, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Schizohelea Kieffer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Schizonyxhelea Clastrier, 20175SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromias Curtis, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 195317SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mexico
265 Species
Alluaudomyia bella Coquillett, 1902
Alluaudomyia caribbeana Spinelli & W..., 1984Flowering spurge
Alluaudomyia estevezae Spinelli & W..., 1984
Amerohelea fasciata Grogan & Wirth, 1981
Amerohelea frontispina Dow & Turner, 1976
Atrichopogon (Lophomyidium) fusculus Coquillett, 1901
Atrichopogon adamsoni Macfie, 1937
Atrichopogon altivolans Macfie, 1949
Atrichopogon arcticus Coquillett, 1900
Atrichopogon epicautae Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Atrichopogon grogani Huerta & Dzul, 2012
Atrichopogon mexicanus Huerta, 2001
Atrichopogon nubeculosus Macfie, 1949
Atrichopogon occidentalis Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Atrichopogon pachito Huerta & Dzul, 2012
Atrichopogon pallidipes Kieffer, 1917
Atrichopogon sanctaeclarae Macfie, 1949
Bezzia bivittata Coquillett, 1905
Bezzia circumdata Staeger, 1839
Bezzia expolita Coquillett, 1901
Bezzia flavitarsis Malloch, 1914Gray's bur cucumber
Bezzia gibbera Coquillett, 1905
Bezzia glabra Coquillett, 1902
Bezzia japonica Tokunaga, 1939Cafe forastero
Bezzia mexicana Spinelli, 1991
Bezzia pruinosa Coquillett, 1905
Bezzia punctipennis Williston, 1896
Bezzia raposoensis Spinelli, 1991
Bezzia varicolor Coquillett, 1902
Bezzia venustula Spinelli, 1991
Brachypogon bimaculatus Spinelli & G..., 1998
Brachypogon cuacuahuitlus Huerta, 2005
Brachypogon fuscivenosus Lutz, 1914
Brachypogon telesfordi Spinelli & G..., 1998
Brachypogon woodruffi Spinelli & G..., 1998
Ceratoculicoides aliciae Huerta, 2005
Ceratoculicoides longipennis Wirth, 1952
Ceratopogon abstrusus Borkent & Gr..., 1995
Ceratopogon rectus Borkent & Gr..., 1995
Clinohelea curriei Coquillett, 1905
Clinohelea horacioi Lane, 1944
Culicoides (Amossovia) cochisensis Wirth & Blanton, 1967
Culicoides (Amossovia) ousairani Khalaf, 1952Rose moss
Culicoides (Avaritia) chiopterus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Avaritia) pusillus Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Avaritia) sanguisuga Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) loughnani Edwards, 1922
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis Goeldi, 1905
Culicoides (Hoffmania) foxi Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides (Hoffmania) insignis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) variipennis Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides (Oecacta) furens Poey, 1851
Culicoides acotylus Lutz, 1913
Culicoides albomacula Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides arizonensis Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides arubae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides aureus Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides bajensis Wirth & Assi..., 1979
Culicoides bakeri Vargas, 1954
Culicoides barbosai Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides baueri Hoffman, 1925Mulberry
Culicoides blantoni Vargas & Wirth, 1955Leiberg's umbrellawort
Culicoides boydi Wirth & Mullens, 1992
Culicoides butleri Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides cacticola Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides cavaticus Wirth & Jones, 1956
Culicoides cockerellii Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides copiosus Root & Hoffman, 1937Schaffner's wattle
Culicoides crepuscularis Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides crescentris Wirth & Blanton, 1959
Culicoides daedalus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides dampfi Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 1925
Culicoides doeringae Atchley, 1967
Culicoides donajil Vargas, 1954
Culicoides eadsi Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides elutus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides filarifer Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides filariferus Hoffman, 1939
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides haematopotus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides hawsi Wirth & Rowley, 1971Wild sweetwilliam
Culicoides hayesi Matta, 1967
Culicoides hieroglyphicus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides hirtulus Coquillett, 1900
Culicoides hoguei Wirth & Assi..., 1979Longleaf phlox
Culicoides hylas Macfie, 1940
Culicoides insolatus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides iphthimus Zhou & Lee, 1984
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides jamesi Fox, 1946
Culicoides kettlei Breidenbaugh..., 1999
Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides luglani Jones & Wirth, 1958Forked catchfly
Culicoides luteoventus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides luteovenus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides melleus Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides mohave Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Culicoides multipunctatus Malloch, 1915Maui bur cucumber
Culicoides neghmei Vargas, 1955
Culicoides neomontanus Wirth, 1976Siberian phlox
Culicoides neopulicaris Wirth, 1955
Culicoides nigrigenus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, 1957
Culicoides ocumarensis Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides palmerae James, 1943Claretcup hedgehog
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides pampoikilus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides panamensis Barbosa, 1947
Culicoides parascopus Wirth & Blanton, 1978
Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides propinquus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides propriipennis Macfie, 1948
Culicoides pseudodiabolicus Fox, 1946
Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955
Culicoides ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides saundersi Wirth & Blanton, 1969Musky phlox
Culicoides scopus Root & Hoffman, 1937
Culicoides sitiens Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides sonorensis (Wirth & Jones, 1957)⇒ Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, 1957
Culicoides stigmalis Wirth, 1952
Culicoides stonei James, 1943Claretcup hedgehog
Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Culicoides tristriatulus (Hoffman, 1925)⇒ Culicoides elutus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides unicolor Coquillett, 1905
Culicoides usingeri Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Culicoides utahensis Fox, 1946
Culicoides verecundus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides werneri Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides willistoni Wirth & Blanton, 1953
Culicoides wirthomyia Vargas, 1953
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) fasciigera Kieffer, 1925
Dasyhelea azteca Huerta & Grogan, 2006
Dasyhelea bahamensis Johnson, 1908
Dasyhelea bajaensis
Dasyhelea bajensis Wirth, 1978
Dasyhelea cactorum Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea calvescens Macfie, 1938
Dasyhelea cincta Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea griseola Wirth, 1978
Dasyhelea huasteca Huerta & Iba..., 1999
Dasyhelea longicerci
Dasyhelea mutabilis Coquillett, 1901
Dasyhelea pentalineata Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea pollex Borkent & Fo..., 1986
Dasyhelea ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Dasyhelea saltensis Spinelli & W..., 1984
Dasyhelea scissurae Macfie, 1937Bushy frostweed
Dasyhelea sonorensis Wirth, 1978
Downeshelea multilineata Lutz, 1914
Forcipomyia (Blantonia) caribbea Wirth & Dow, 1971Spiny phlox
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) brevipennis Macquart, 1826
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) genualis Loew, 1866
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) hirtula Zetterstedt, 1838
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) hygrophila Kieffer, 1924Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) pictoni Macfie, 1938Georgia frostweed
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) oligarthra Saunders, 1957Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) acidicola Tokunaga, 1937
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) murina Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) frutetorum Winnertz, 1852
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) monilicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia anitae Huerta & Iba..., 1996
Forcipomyia baueri Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Forcipomyia bibaana Spinelli, 2017
Forcipomyia calcarata (Coquillett, 1905)⇒ Forcipomyia calcarhelea Wirth, 1973
Forcipomyia calcarhelea Wirth, 1973
Forcipomyia cilipes Coquillett, 1900
Forcipomyia cochisei Wirth & Spin..., 1993
Forcipomyia colombiae Wirth, 1970
Forcipomyia cornuta Saunders, 1964
Forcipomyia crudelis (Knab, 1914)⇒ Forcipomyia fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia desertensis Wirth & Hubert, 1960Kelsey's phlox
Forcipomyia dorsalis Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia dowi Bystrak & Wirth, 1978
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia floridensis Dow & Wirth, 1972
Forcipomyia goniognatha Wirth & Mess..., 1971Longleaf phlox
Forcipomyia hobbsi Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia incubans Macfie, 1937
Forcipomyia insignipalpis Macfie, 1949
Forcipomyia leptognatha Wirth & Mess..., 1971Longleaf phlox
Forcipomyia mexicana Wirth, 1956Fall phlox
Forcipomyia mortuifolii Saunders, 1959
Forcipomyia nana Macfie, 1939
Forcipomyia navaiae Bystrak & Wirth, 1978
Forcipomyia nodosa Saunders, 1959
Forcipomyia nuncupata Macfie, 1949
Forcipomyia pricei Wirth & Spin..., 1993
Forcipomyia sinuosa Dow & Wirth, 1972
Forcipomyia sonora Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Forcipomyia spangleri Meillon & Wirth, 1980
Forcipomyia spatuligera Macfie, 1949
Forcipomyia squamitibia Lutz, 1914
Forcipomyia stylifer Lutz Lutz, 0
Forcipomyia werneri Wirth & Spin..., 1993
Heteromyia clavata Williston, 1900
Leptoconops (Holoconops) bequaerti (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops americanus Carter, 1921
Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops doyeni Spinelli & R..., 1993
Leptoconops freeborni Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Leptoconops torrens Townsend, 1893
Leptoconops vargasi Clastrier & ..., 1978
Leptoconops werneri Wirth, 1973Smooth phlox
Mallochohelea albibasis Malloch, 1915
Mallochohelea caudellii Coquillett, 1905
Mallochohelea pullata Wirth, 1952
Mallochohelea sybleae Wirth, 1952
Monohelea maculipennis Coquillett, 1905
Monohelea maya Felippe-Baue..., 2000
Monohelea panamensis Lane & Wirth, 1964
Nilobezzia minor Wirth, 1952
Nilobezzia schwarzii Coquillett, 1901
Palpomyia aldrichi Malloch, 1915
Palpomyia armatipes Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Palpomyia basalis Walker, 1848
Palpomyia bottimeri Grogan & Wirth, 1979Gregg's cloak fern
Palpomyia canadensis Grogan & Wirth, 1979
Palpomyia fulvithorax Malloch, 1915
Palpomyia limnochares Macfie, 1940
Palpomyia linsleyi Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Palpomyia occidentalis Grogan & Wirth, 1979Gregg's cloak fern
Palpomyia scaber
Palpomyia scabra Coquillett, 1905
Palpomyia subaspera Coquillett, 1901
Palpomyia trifasciata Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Parabezzia pallida Spinelli & G..., 1987
Parabezzia unguis Wirth, 1965Downy phlox
Paryphoconus angustipennis Enderlein, 1912
Paryphoconus anomalicornis Kieffer, 1917
Paryphoconus barrettoi Lane, 1946
Paryphoconus flinti Spinelli & W..., 1984
Paryphoconus sonorensis Wirth & Rata..., 1972
Pellucidomyia wirthi Lane, 1956
Phaenobezzia maya Spinelli & W..., 1986
Probezzia concinna Meigen, 1818
Probezzia flavonigra Coquillett, 1905
Schizohelea leucopeza Meigen, 1804
Schizonyxhelea bulla Thomsen Thomsen, 0
Schizonyxhelea forattinii Wirth & Grogan, 1988
Schizonyxhelea guyana Clastrier, 1984
Schizonyxhelea thomsenae Wirth, 1953
Schizonyxhelea zoologica Huerta & Grogan, 2017
Serromyia barberi Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Sphaeromias longipennis Loew, 1861
Stenoxenus johnsoni Coquillett, 1899
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia beckae Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Stilobezzia bulla Thomson, 1935Iberian geranium
Stilobezzia coquilletti Kieffer, 1917Brewer's redmaids
Stilobezzia elegantula Johannsen, 1907
Stilobezzia femoralis Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia fuscula Wirth, 1952Hentz's phlox
Stilobezzia glauca Macfie, 1939Clustered frostweed
Stilobezzia hirta Borkent, 1997
Stilobezzia kiefferi Lane, 1947Wetherill's buckwheat
Stilobezzia maculata Lane, 1947
Stilobezzia pallidiventris Malloch, 1915
Stilobezzia rabelloi Lane, 1947Wetherill's buckwheat
Stilobezzia spinellii Huerta & Grogan, 2017
Stilobezzia thomsenae Wirth, 1953Texan phlox

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Mexico
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
27
198
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
59
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
8
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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