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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Peru (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
582
9673
29819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
579
9667
29813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
553
9522
29375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
356
7450
23932
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
96
1475
4619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
19
211
1340
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
60
262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
33
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
13
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Peru
13 Genera with 39 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 2008Midge8SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 191513SpeciesTaxom
Heteromyia Say, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Probezzia Kieffer, 1906
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxenus Coquillett, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 20056SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Peru
39 Species
Atrichopogon peruvianus Kieffer, 1917
Clinohelea damascenoi Lane & Duret, 1954
Clinohelea townsendi Lane, 1944
Culicoides diversus Felippe-Bauer, 2003
Culicoides efferus Fox, 1952
Culicoides hitchcocki Spinelli, 1991
Culicoides hylas Macfie, 1940
Culicoides jurbergi Felippe-Bauer, 2005
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides peruvianus Felippe-Bauer, 2003
Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer, 2008
Dasyhelea hirtipes Kieffer, 1917
Dasyhelea mediomunda Minaya, 1978
Forcipomyia brasiliana Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia castneri Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia dunklei Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia felippebauerae Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia intrepida Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia iquitosensis Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia neotropica Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia nigrimaxillata Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia peruviana Clastrier & ..., 1995
Forcipomyia tettigonaris Wirth & Castner, 1990
Forcipomyia townsendi Knab, 1915
Forcipomyia utae Knab, 1915
Heteromyia orellana Roback, 1957
Palpomyia callangana Kieffer, 1917
Paryphoconus angustipennis Enderlein, 1912
Paryphoconus steineri Spinelli & W..., 1984
Paryphoconus terminalis Coquillett, 1904
Stenoxenus dimorphus Kieffer, 1909
Stenoxenus fulvus Johannsen, 1927
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia beckae Wirth, 1953Texan phlox
Stilobezzia merceri Cazorla & Sp..., 2005
Stilobezzia nitela Yu, 2005
Stilobezzia williamsi Cazorla , Sp..., 2005

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Peru
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
11
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
14
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