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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region South Asia (Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
816
19624
105366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
812
19606
105335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
775
19334
104374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
470
14136
82559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
116
1967
11891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
28
559
5407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
168
2254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
127
894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
35
337
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Asia
35 Genera with 337 Species
#ABCDEFGHIJLMNPSTX
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 191312SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 191351SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 200322SpeciesTaxom
Brachypogon Kieffer, 20069SpeciesTaxom
Calyptopogon Kieffer, 19954SpeciesTaxom
Camptopterohelea Wirth & Hubert, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1989Midge83SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 198522SpeciesTaxom
Dibezzia Kieffer, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Eohelea Petrunkevitch, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 191338SpeciesTaxom
Gedanohelea Szadziewski, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Homohelea Kieffer, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Indobezzia Dasgupta & Saha, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Jenkinshelea Macfie, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Macropeza Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Mantohelea Szadziewski, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Meunierohelea Szadziewski, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Neosphaeromias Das Gupta & ..., 19701SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 191116SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19758SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Schizodactylus Brullé, 19385SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Sinhalohelea Grogan & Bor..., 19921SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 199115SpeciesTaxom
Stilostomella1SpeciesTaxom
Tetrabezzia Kieffer, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Xenohelea Kieffer, 19107SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Asia
337 Species
Alluaudomyia bifurcata Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia debilipenis Sinha, Mazum..., 2005
Alluaudomyia finitima Sinha, Mazum..., 2005
Alluaudomyia flexistyla Chaudhuri & ..., 1981
Alluaudomyia formosana Okada, 1942
Alluaudomyia fuscipes Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia fuscitarsis Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia marginalis Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia simulata Sinha, Mazum..., 2005
Alluaudomyia spinosipes Tokunaga, 1962
Alluaudomyia xanthocoma Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) fulvipes Remm, 1972
Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) tatricus Remm, 1981
Atrichopogon alticola Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon aterrimus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon atroxipes Bose, Dasgup..., 2003
Atrichopogon brevistilus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon calcuttensis Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon circatheca Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon clarusaliger Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon comatus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon edwardsi Macfie, 1934
Atrichopogon eximiunguis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon ferenudus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon flabellis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon flavipalpis Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon grandis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon hilaris Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon horni Kieffer, 1925
Atrichopogon indianus Kieffer, 1910
Atrichopogon infamis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon insolens Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon insolitipes Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon jacobsoni De Meijere, 1907Biting midge
Atrichopogon minutalatus Gupta & Bose, 2003
Atrichopogon modestus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon montivagus (Kieffer, 1911)⇒ Atrichopogon tatricus Remm, 1981
Atrichopogon multidens Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon multiplex Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon multispinosa Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon origenus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon oriphilus Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon palus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon peculiaris Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon perplexus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon planusunguis Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon quasicomatus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon schizonyx Giles & Wirth, 1982
Atrichopogon semipilosus Kieffer, 1912
Atrichopogon setosus Kieffer, 1919
Atrichopogon simplex Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon sordidus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon spadix Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon spurius Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon subcomatus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon sublimatus Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon tenuistylus Bose, Dasgup..., 2003
Atrichopogon urbicola Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon vastus Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon verax Bose & Gupta, 2003
Atrichopogon xanthophilus Kieffer, 1911
Atrichopogon xanthopus Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia albicornis Meigen, 1818
Bezzia analis Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia armatipes Kieffer, 1910
Bezzia bengalensis Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia calceata Walker, 1856
Bezzia calcuttensis Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia eucera Kieffer, 1911
Bezzia expedita Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia facialis Kieffer, 1910
Bezzia flavescens Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia fortigenitalis Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia fuliginata Clastrier, 1962
Bezzia glaucivena Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia indecora Kieffer, 1912
Bezzia kempi Kieffer, 1913
Bezzia lineola Kieffer, 1910
Bezzia micronyx Kieffer, 1921
Bezzia monotheca Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia papillistyla Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia propriostyla Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia trispinosa Kieffer, 1911
Bezzia turbipes Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Brachypogon caecus Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon herati Navai, 1997
Brachypogon incerticruris Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon infrequens Saha & Dasgupta, 2006
Brachypogon optimus Saha & Dasgupta, 2006
Brachypogon pakistanicus Szadziewski ..., 1984
Brachypogon proprius Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon pseudocanadensis Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Brachypogon stolida Sarkar & Das..., 2006
Calyptopogon albitarsis Kieffer, 1910
Calyptopogon maithonensis Saha & Gupta, 1995
Calyptopogon mirus Sarkar & Gupta, 1995
Calyptopogon pseudoalbitarsis Sarkar & Gupta, 1995
Camptopterohelea odora Stebner & al., 2016
Clinohelea bisignata Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) boophagus Macfie, 1937
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevipalpis Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917Horse hypersensitive biting midge
Culicoides (Avaritia) dumdumi Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) fulvus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) minutus (Sen & Gupta, 1959)⇒ Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) nayabazari Gupta, 1963
Culicoides (Avaritia) orientalis (Macfie, 1932)⇒ Culicoides gutsevichi Sen & Gupta, 1958
Culicoides (Avaritia) pseudopallidipennis Clastrier, 1958
Culicoides (Avaritia) pseudoturgidus (Gupta, 1962)⇒ Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913
Culicoides (Avaritia) superfulvus (Gupta, 1962)⇒ Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917
Culicoides (Beltranmyia) arakawai Arakawa, 1910
Culicoides (Culicoides) indianus Macfie, 1932
Culicoides (Culicoides) peregrinus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides (Haemophoructus) gentilis Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) histrio Johannsen, 1946
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) puncticollis (Becker, 1903)⇒ Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, 1830
Culicoides (Monoculicoides) variipennis Coquillett, 1901
Culicoides (Oecacta) clavipalpis Mukerji, 1931
Culicoides (Oecacta) huffi Causey, 1938
Culicoides (Oecacta) kepongensis Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Culicoides (Oecacta) notatus Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides (Oecacta) okinawensis Arnald, 1956
Culicoides (Oecacta) parviscriptus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Oecacta) shortti Smith & Swam..., 1932
Culicoides (Oecacta) similis Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides (Pontoculicoides) saevus Kieffer, 1922
Culicoides (Remmia) oxystoma (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides (Trithecoides) anophelis Edwards, 1922
Culicoides (Trithecoides) flaviscutatus Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) palpifer Gupta & Ghosh, 1956
Culicoides (Trithecoides) paraflavescens Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides agas Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Culicoides annandalei Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides autumnalis Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides bilobatus Kieffer, 1912
Culicoides causeyi Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides certus Gupta, 1962
Culicoides ceylanicus Kieffer, 1912
Culicoides definitus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides distinctus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides gutsevichi Sen & Gupta, 1958
Culicoides halonostictus Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Culicoides hegneri Causey, 1938
Culicoides himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Culicoides imperceptus (Gupta, 1962)⇒ Culicoides actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides inexploratus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides innoxius Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides inornatithorax Gupta, 1963
Culicoides kamrupi Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides krombeini Giles, Wirth..., 1981
Culicoides macfiei Causey, 1938
Culicoides magnificus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides magnithecalis Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides mathisi Giles & Wirth, 1983
Culicoides mesghalii Naval, 1973
Culicoides molestior Kieffer, 1911
Culicoides mukerjii Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides noshaquensis Tokunaga, 1966
Culicoides odiosus Kieffer, 1910
Culicoides papillatus Khamala, 1991
Culicoides papilliger Borkent, 1997
Culicoides paraliui Gupta, 1962
Culicoides parararipalpis Gupta, 1963
Culicoides peculiaris Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides raripalpis Smith, 1929
Culicoides rariradialis Gupta, 1963
Culicoides rarus Gupta, 1963
Culicoides recurvus Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides roswelli Giles & Wirth, 1983
Culicoides schramae Giles, Wirth..., 1981
Culicoides schultzei Enderlein, 1908
Culicoides sikkimensis Gupta, 1963
Culicoides sonorensis (Wirth & Jones, 1957)⇒ Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, 1957
Culicoides stilobezzioides Foote & Pratt, 1954
Culicoides swaminathi Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides turgidus Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides uncistylus Wirth & Hubert, 1989
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) arenivaga Macfie, 1943
Dasyhelea afghanica Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea bamianica Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea brevimana Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea fallax Bose & Gupta, 2003
Dasyhelea longicornis Kieffer, 1913
Dasyhelea macrostoma Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea minima Kieffer, 1913
Dasyhelea montivaga Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea nitidula Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea opaca Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea ornaticornis Kieffer, 1913
Dasyhelea peculiopa Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea pictiventris Kieffer, 1911
Dasyhelea quadrilobata Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea scapularis Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea schumanni Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea seminigra Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea serrata Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea setiger Kieffer, 1910
Dasyhelea similinigrina Navai, 1994
Dasyhelea wirthicola Szadziewski, 1985
Dibezzia brevistila Kieffer, 1911
Dibezzia clavata Kieffer, 1911
Dibezzia himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Dibezzia indica Kieffer, 1913
Dibezzia longistila Kieffer, 1911
Eohelea indica Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) allocera Rieth, 1915
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) borbonica Clastrier, 1959Biting midge
Forcipomyia aerobates Macfie, 1936
Forcipomyia albontata Kieffer, 1910
Forcipomyia annandalei Edwards, 1932
Forcipomyia asticta Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia cacaoi Dessart, 1963
Forcipomyia calcarhelea Wirth, 1973
Forcipomyia calotricha Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia confluens Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia conigera Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia cubicularis Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia decipiens Kieffer, 1910
Forcipomyia flaviceps Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia heterocera (Kieffer, 1913)⇒ Forcipomyia allocera Rieth, 1915
Forcipomyia himalayae Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia lignicola Brunetti, 1912
Forcipomyia longicalcar Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia macrorhynchus Kieffer, 1910
Forcipomyia macrothrix Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia manasi Maheshwari, 2003
Forcipomyia monticola Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia monticolonia Tokunaga, 1966
Forcipomyia nepala Yu, 2000
Forcipomyia noctivaga Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia ornaticrus (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Forcipomyia fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia ornatipes Kieffer, 1918
Forcipomyia psychasta Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia spiculata Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia stabilis Sen & Gupta, 1968
Forcipomyia subulipenis Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia tetraclada Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia theobromae (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Forcipomyia cacaoi Dessart, 1963
Forcipomyia trinotata Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia tristicta Kieffer, 1913
Forcipomyia unimaculata Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia variicrus Kieffer, 1913
Gedanohelea gerdesorum Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Homohelea adjuncta Kieffer, 1913
Homohelea barkudensis Edwards, 1932
Homohelea brevispina Kieffer, 1911
Homohelea cinerea Kieffer, 1910
Indobezzia nova Gupta & Saha, 1995
Indobezzia recens Gupta & Saha, 1995
Jenkinshelea setosipennis Kieffer, 1913Pygmy fameflower
Johannsenomyia ceylanica Kieffer, 1912
Johannsenomyia filicornis Kieffer, 1910
Johannsenomyia filitarsis Kieffer, 1910
Johannsenomyia inermicrus Kieffer, 1913
Johannsenomyia interrupta Kieffer, 1910
Leptoconops amplifemoralis Baranov, 1925
Leptoconops brevistylus Mazumdar, Sa..., 2010
Leptoconops fortipalpus Mazumdar, Sa..., 2010
Leptoconops indicus Kieffer, 1918
Macropeza semiflava Kieffer, 1913
Meunierohelea borkenti Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Meunierohelea cambayana Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Meunierohelea orientalis Stebner & Sz..., 2017
Monohelea paranigripes Saha & Gupta, 1991
Monohelea pseudochelagonata Saha & Gupta, 1991
Monohelea subpahangensis Saha & Gupta, 1991
Monohelea unica Sinha & Gupta, 1992
Nannohelea tamil Grogan & Wirth, 1990
Neosphaeromias niger Gupta & Wirth, 1970
Nilobezzia alipennis Kieffer, 1911
Nilobezzia allotropica Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia arcuatipes Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia armata Kieffer, 1921
Nilobezzia disjuncta Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia disticta Kieffer, 1911
Nilobezzia flaviventris (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Nilobezzia armata Kieffer, 1921
Nilobezzia hamifera Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia lacteipennis Kieffer, 1910
Nilobezzia nigra Sen & Gupta, 1958
Nilobezzia nigricans Kieffer, 1910
Nilobezzia photophila Kieffer, 1913
Nilobezzia pictipes Kieffer, 1910
Nilobezzia stictonota Kieffer, 1911
Nilobezzia tetrasticta Kieffer, 1911
Nilobezzia vaga Kieffer, 1911
Palpomyia albiditarsis Kieffer, 1910
Palpomyia crassifemur Kieffer, 1918
Palpomyia crassipalpis Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia deminutipalpis Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia flexidigita Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia leucopogon Kieffer, 1911
Palpomyia rivularis Kieffer, 1911
Palpomyia rubiginosa Grogan & Wirth, 1975
Parabezzia orientalis Giles & Wirth, 1982
Phaenobezzia rara Saha & Gupta, 2001
Phaenobezzia suavis Saha & Gupta, 2001
Phaenobezzia vulgaris Saha & Gupta, 2001
Schizodactylus brevinotus Ingrisch, 2002
Schizodactylus hesperus Bey-Bienko, 1967
Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
Schizodactylus monstrosus Drury, 1770
Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938
Serromyia heveli Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia maculipennis Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia punctata Giles & Wirth, 1982
Sinhalohelea gansi Grogan & Bor..., 1992
Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) fusciterga Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) punctifemorata Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) festiva Kieffer, 1911
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia bimacula Kieffer, 1910
Stilobezzia chasteli Clastrier, 1967
Stilobezzia crassipes Kieffer, 1918
Stilobezzia crassivenosa Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia dorsosignata Sinha, Dasgu..., 2003
Stilobezzia ensistyla Chaudhuri, G..., 1981
Stilobezzia minima Kieffer, 1918
Stilobezzia nudisthmostheca Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia semiartistyla Sinha, Dasgu..., 2003
Stilobezzia szadziewskii Chaudhuri, 1991
Stilostomella insecta
Tetrabezzia spinigera Kieffer, 1914
Xenohelea albinervis Kieffer, 1913
Xenohelea inaequalis Kieffer, 1910
Xenohelea polysticta Kieffer, 1911
Xenohelea pruinosa Kieffer, 1918
Xenohelea pulchripes Kieffer, 1910
Xenohelea roseiventris Kieffer, 1911
Xenohelea rufiventris Kieffer, 1910

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in South Asia
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
24
218
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
89
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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