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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
66
566
1730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
137
628
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
60
340
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
40
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
13
55
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nigeria
13 Genera with 55 Species
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19587SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19614SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1979Midge19SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19249SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Macropeza Meigen, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19583SpeciesTaxom
Neoculicoides Boorman & Lane, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Tetrabezzia Kieffer, 19231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
55 Species
Alluaudomyia bimaculata Clastrier & ..., 1961
Alluaudomyia demeilloni Clastrier & ..., 1961
Alluaudomyia fragilicornis Clastrier, 1958
Alluaudomyia maculipennis Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Alluaudomyia maculithorax Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Alluaudomyia mcmillani Clastrier & ..., 1961
Alluaudomyia pseudomaculithorax Clastrier, 1958
Atrichopogon acanthocolpus Ingram & Macfie, 1922
Atrichopogon natalensis Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Bezzia albicornis Meigen, 1818
Bezzia diversipes Clastrier, 1958
Bezzia foyi Ingram & Macfie, 1921
Bezzia melanoflavida Clastrier & ..., 1961
Clinohelea nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Culicoides brucei Austen, 1909
Culicoides citroneus Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides clarkei Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides coarctatus Clastrier & ..., 1961
Culicoides confusus Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides exspectator Clastrier, 1959
Culicoides grahamii Austen, 1909
Culicoides kotonkan Boorman & Di..., 1979
Culicoides murphyi Clastrier & ..., 1961
Culicoides murtalai Boorman & Di..., 1979
Culicoides nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1921
Culicoides nigripennis Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides nivosus Meillon, 1937
Culicoides ochrothorax Carter, 1919
Culicoides remerki Boorman & Di..., 1979
Culicoides sellersi Boorman & Di..., 1979
Culicoides vitshumbiensis Goetghebuer, 1935
Culicoides vomensis Boorman & Di..., 1979
Culicoides yankari Boorman & Di..., 1979
Dasyhelea boothi Ingram & Macfie, 1921
Dasyhelea nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1921
Dasyhelea omoxantha Ingram & Macfie, 1922
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) inornatipennis Austen, 1912
Forcipomyia ashantii Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Forcipomyia castanea Walker, 1848
Forcipomyia clastrieri Dessart, 1963
Forcipomyia hirsuta Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Forcipomyia mcmillani Clastrier & ..., 1961
Forcipomyia monoplectron Lane, 1977
Forcipomyia nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Forcipomyia nigeriensis Ingram & Macfie, 1924
Johannsenomyia grahami Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Johannsenomyia nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Macropeza nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Monohelea nigeriae Ingram & Macfie, 1922
Monohelea novaguinensis Tokunaga, 1959
Monohelea polychroma Clastrier, 1958
Neoculicoides taylori Boorman & Lane, 1979
Stilobezzia claripennis Clastrier & ..., 1958
Stilobezzia foyi Ingram & Macfie, 1921
Tetrabezzia argentea Ingram & Macfie, 1923

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Nigeria
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
10
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
11
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