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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
635
8967
31661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
631
8956
31644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8844
31420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
7022
25972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1306
6349
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
417
2395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
128
566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
101
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
15
117
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
15 Genera with 117 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 199615SpeciesTaxom
Austrohelea Wirth & Grogan, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 0Midge10SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 193322SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 037SpeciesTaxom
Hebetula Wirth & Debe..., 19961SpeciesTaxom
Lasiohelea Kieffer, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19325SpeciesTaxom
Paradasyhelea Macfie, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 195610SpeciesTaxom
Styloconops Kieffer, 19242SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
117 Species and 1 Subspecies
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) brunnipes Meigen, 1804
Atrichopogon abrasus Edwards, 1928
Atrichopogon atroscutellatus Edwards, 1928
Atrichopogon fitzroyi Macfie, 1932
Atrichopogon greyi Macfie, 1932
Atrichopogon hobsoni Macfie, 1932
Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907Biting midge
Atrichopogon levis Coquillett, 1901Biting midge
Atrichopogon obscuripes Macfie, 1933
Atrichopogon pullatus Macfie, 1933
Atrichopogon rubidus Macfie, 1933
Atrichopogon shortlandi Macfie, 1932
Atrichopogon umbrosus Macfie, 1933
Atrichopogon vestitipennis Kieffer, 1917
Atrichopogon wallisensis Clastrier & ..., 1996
Austrohelea antipodalis Ingram & Macfie, 1931
Austrohelea campbellensis Tokunaga, 1964
Austrohelea ferruginea Macfie, 1932
Austrohelea tonnoiri Macfie, 1932
Bezzia hihifoi Clastrier & ..., 1996
Bezzia sexspinosa Edwards, 1928
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) peregrinator Edwards, 1928
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) variipennis Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides (Oecacta) insulanus Macfie, 1933
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Oecacta) shortti Smith & Swam..., 1932
Culicoides (Trithecoides) belkini Wirth & Arnaud, 1969
Culicoides (Trithecoides) mollis Edwards, 1928
Culicoides (Trithecoides) polynesiae Wirth & Arnaud, 1969
Culicoides (Trithecoides) samoensis Wirth & Arnaud, 1969
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides samoaensis
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) arenivaga Macfie, 1943
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) bifida Zilahi-sebess, 1936Biting midge
Dasyhelea aucklandensis Sublette & W..., 1980
Dasyhelea calvescens Macfie, 1938
Dasyhelea carolinensis Tokunaga, 1941
Dasyhelea cogani Wirth, 1990
Dasyhelea digna Borkent, 1997
Dasyhelea egregia (Macfie, 1932)⇒ Paradasyhelea egregia Macfie, 1932
Dasyhelea excellentis Borkent, 1997
Dasyhelea fulvicauda Macfie, 1933
Dasyhelea hawaiiensis Macfie, 1934Carolina frostweed
Dasyhelea hihifoi Clastrier & ..., 1996
Dasyhelea hitchcocki Wirth, 1976
Dasyhelea hutsoni Wirth, 1990
Dasyhelea ihitchcocki Wirth, 1976
Dasyhelea jucunda Macfie, 1932
Dasyhelea oribates Macfie, 1932
Dasyhelea pacifica Macfie, 1933
Dasyhelea pacifica pallida Macfie, 1933
Dasyhelea platychaeta Hardy, 1960Hawai'i peperomia
Dasyhelea radialis Edwards, 1928
Dasyhelea russa Macfie, 1933
Forcipomyia (Caloforcipomyia) swezeyi Edwards, 1928
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) antipodum Hudson, 1892
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) hardyi Wirth & Howarth, 1982
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) kaneohe Wirth & Howarth, 1982
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) palikuensis Hardy, 1960Hawai'i peperomia
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) pholeter Wirth & Howarth, 1982
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) biannulata Ingram & Macfie, 1924Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) cooki Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) desurvillei Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) hygrophila Kieffer, 1924Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) parvicellula Ingram & Macfie, 1931
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) punctipes Edwards, 1928
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) tapleyi Ingram & Macfie, 1931
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) carolinensis Tokunaga, 1940
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) matautuensis Clastrier & ..., 1996
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) pulcherrima Santos Abreu, 1918Midge
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) globularis Edwards, 1928
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) inornatipennis Austen, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pedilohelea) tasmani Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) belkini De Meillon &..., 1979
Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) brevis Johannsen, 1927Pineapple midge
Forcipomyia (Proforcipomyia) sauteri Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) fusicornis Coquillett, 1905
Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) borbonica Clastrier, 1959Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) austrina Macfie, 1932
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) kuscheli Sublette & W..., 1980
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) pacifica Macfie, 1933
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) pectinunguis De Meijere, 1923
Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) samoensis Edwards, 1928
Forcipomyia chrysolopha Kieffer, 1911Biting midge
Forcipomyia eriophora Williston, 1896
Forcipomyia indecora (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Forcipomyia psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia latiunguis Clastrier, 1983
Forcipomyia picea (Winnertz, 1852)⇒ Forcipomyia costata Zetterstedt, 1838
Forcipomyia unicicauda
Hebetula uveae Clastrier & ..., 1996
Lasiohelea pacifica (Macfie, 1933)⇒ Forcipomyia pacifica Macfie, 1933
Leptoconops (Styloconops) albiventris Meijere, 1915Nono blanc des plages
Leptoconops (Styloconops) myersi Tonnoir, 1924
Monohelea clavipes Macfie, 1932
Monohelea ferruginea (Macfie, 1932)⇒ Austrohelea ferruginea Macfie, 1932
Monohelea nubeculosa Macfie, 1932
Monohelea tonnoiri (Macfie, 1932)⇒ Austrohelea tonnoiri Macfie, 1932
Palpomyia cantuaris Ingram & Macfie, 1931
Palpomyia nelsoni Macfie, 1932
Palpomyia rastellifer Macfie, 1932
Palpomyia rastellifera Macfie, 1932
Palpomyia urpicifemoris Macfie, 1932
Paradasyhelea egregia Macfie, 1932
Paradasyhelea harrisoni Wirth, 1981
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) antipodalis Ingram & Macfie, 1931
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) badia Macfie, 1932
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) ohakunei Ingram & Macfie, 1931
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) samoana Edwards, 1928
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) tonnoiri Macfie, 1932
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) antennalis Coquillett, 1901
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) maculipes Macfie, 1933
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) tenebrosa Macfie, 1933
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia tibialis Lane & Forat..., 1956
Styloconops albiventris De Meijere, 1915
Styloconops myersi Tonnoir, 1924

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Polynesia
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
10
60
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
52
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
2
Genus
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