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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Okinawa Islands (Ryukyu Islands, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2270
3117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
315
2270
3117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
300
2213
3026
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
200
1827
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
35
174
311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
81
191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
58
161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
44
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
7
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Okinawa Islands
7 Genera with 26 Species
Allohelea Kieffer, 01SpeciesTaxom
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1908Midge10SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 06SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 05SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Okinawa Islands
26 Species
Allohelea inflativena
Alluaudomyia spinosipes Tokunaga, 1962
Atrichopogon palmatus Tokunaga, 1962
Atrichopogon snyderi Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) flavipunctatus Kitaoka, 1975
Culicoides (Avaritia) wadai Kitaoka, 1980
Culicoides (Oecacta) okinawensis Arnald, 1956
Culicoides arnaudi Wirth & Hubert, 1961
Culicoides asiana
Culicoides longidens
Culicoides morisitai Tokunaga, 1940
Culicoides nibleyi Wirth & Hubert, 1962
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Dasyhelea breviforceps
Dasyhelea claviculifera
Dasyhelea luteicauda
Dasyhelea okinawensis
Dasyhelea robustiforceps
Dasyhelea symmetria
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia fascicornis
Forcipomyia monilis (Goetghebuer, 1934)⇒ Forcipomyia glauca Macfie, 1934
Forcipomyia nibleyi
Forcipomyia subpallida
Stilobezzia okinawensis

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Okinawa Islands
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
5
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
7
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