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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Micronesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
347
2545
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
347
2545
5352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
330
2485
5245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
201
1849
4058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
54
365
1077
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
120
514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
62
327
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
50
255
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
14
139
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Micronesia
14 Genera with 139 Species
Allohelea Kieffer, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19599SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19599SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1959Midge14SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 195933SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 195940SpeciesTaxom
Homohelea Kieffer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Mallochohelea Wirth, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 195923SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Micronesia
139 Species and 2 Subspecies
Allohelea insularis Tokunaga, 1941
Alluaudomyia bipunctata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Alluaudomyia insulana Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Alluaudomyia insulicola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia monopunctata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon arciforceps Tokunaga, 1941
Atrichopogon armaticaudalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon brevicornis Tokunaga, 1959
Atrichopogon fenestriscutum Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon flavenicruris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon gressitti Tokunaga, 1959
Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907Biting midge
Atrichopogon raripilipennis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Atrichopogon spinicaudalis Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia adamsi Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia badiifemorata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia clarkei Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia maculifemorata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia nigrialula Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia nigrofasciata Tokunaga, 1959
Bezzia pediaureola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia spinositibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Bezzia sulfureicruris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) insulicola Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) obscurus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) pungens (De Meijere, 1909)⇒ Culicoides obscurus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Culicoides) peregrinus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) guttifer De Meijere, 1907
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) histrio Johannsen, 1946
Culicoides (Oecacta) esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) flavimaculinotalis Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) kusaiensis Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Oecacta) yasumatsui Tokunaga, 1941
Culicoides (Oecacta) yoshimurai Tokunaga, 1941
Culicoides (Trithecoides) ardentissimus Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides (Trithecoides) palauensis Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea carolinensis Tokunaga, 1941
Dasyhelea dupliforceps Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea dybasi Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea flavescens Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea flavibasalis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea flavicaudalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea fumala Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea furcillifera Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea gressitti Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea insularis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea insulicola Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea intonsa Debenham, 1987
Dasyhelea multifascia Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea nigripygma Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea nigristigmata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea nigroris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea palauensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea pallivittae Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea palloris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea parvistylata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea quarternihamata
Dasyhelea quaternihamata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea raripilosa Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea sagittifera Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea striipennis Tokunaga, 1959
Dasyhelea subperfida Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea subscutellata Tokunaga, 1940
Dasyhelea townesi Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea truncata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Dasyhelea vittula Tokunaga, 1959
Downeshelea mcdanieli Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) squamianulipes Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Dycea) edgari Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) bituberculifera Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) fuscimanus Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) yapensis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) claggi Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) fascicauda Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) guamensis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) punctipes Edwards, 1928
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) swezeyana Tokunaga & M..., 1959Midge
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) ancoriformis Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) spinipenis Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) stimulans De Meijere, 1909
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) unitheca Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) esakiana Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) flavitibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) gressitti Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) ornata Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) subspadicifascia Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) tuthilli Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) hamaticauda Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) oligarthra Saunders, 1957Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) fuscimana Kieffer, 1921
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) adhesipes Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) chrysopipennis Wirth, 1966
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) feminae Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fidens Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia (Saliohelea) deminuta Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) borbonica Clastrier, 1959Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) unituberculata Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) carolinea Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) hamata Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) masaakii Debenham, 1989
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) basiflava Tokunaga, 1959
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) pectinunguis De Meijere, 1923
Forcipomyia penniornata (Tokunaga & M..., 1959)⇒ Forcipomyia borbonica Clastrier, 1959
Homohelea kraussi Tokunaga, 1959
Mallochohelea sabroskyi Tokunaga, 1959
Monohelea albiclavatoris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Monohelea palauensis Tokunaga, 1959
Serromyia esakii Tokunaga, 1940
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) albiabdominalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) calcaris Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fulviscuta Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fuscigenua Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fusciscutellata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) fusistylata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) gressitti Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) latiforceps Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia latiforceps latiforceps
Stilobezzia latiforceps setigera Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) longistyla Tokunaga, 1941
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) pallidicornis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) setigeriscutellata Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) spadicicoxalis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) spadicitibialis Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) subsoror Tokunaga, 1941
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) tenuiforceps Tokunaga & M..., 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) truncata Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) unifascidorsalis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) subviridis Macfie, 1934
Stilobezzia setigera Tokunaga, 1959

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Micronesia
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
12
90
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
49
Genera
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