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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
793
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
176
598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
48
282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
26
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
13
54
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
13 Genera with 54 Species
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19137SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1981Midge19SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19129SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Neosphaeromias Das Gupta & ..., 19701SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Sinhalohelea Grogan & Bor..., 19921SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19685SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
54 Species
Alluaudomyia bifurcata Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia formosana Okada, 1942
Alluaudomyia fuscipes Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia marginalis Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia spinosipes Tokunaga, 1962
Alluaudomyia xanthocoma Kieffer, 1913
Atrichopogon edwardsi Macfie, 1934
Atrichopogon horni Kieffer, 1925
Atrichopogon schizonyx Giles & Wirth, 1982
Atrichopogon semipilosus Kieffer, 1912
Bezzia indecora Kieffer, 1912
Culicoides (Avaritia) actoni Smith, 1929
Culicoides (Avaritia) boophagus Macfie, 1937
Culicoides (Avaritia) brevipalpis Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides (Haemophoructus) gentilis Macfie, 1934
Culicoides (Meijerehelea) histrio Johannsen, 1946
Culicoides (Oecacta) huffi Causey, 1938
Culicoides (Oecacta) parviscriptus Tokunaga, 1959
Culicoides (Oecacta) peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1936
Culicoides (Trithecoides) anophelis Edwards, 1922
Culicoides (Trithecoides) flaviscutatus Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides (Trithecoides) paraflavescens Wirth & Hubert, 1959
Culicoides bilobatus Kieffer, 1912
Culicoides ceylanicus Kieffer, 1912
Culicoides innoxius Sen & Gupta, 1959
Culicoides krombeini Giles, Wirth..., 1981
Culicoides mathisi Giles & Wirth, 1983
Culicoides recurvus Delfinado, 1961
Culicoides roswelli Giles & Wirth, 1983
Culicoides schramae Giles, Wirth..., 1981
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia cacaoi Dessart, 1963
Forcipomyia calcarhelea Wirth, 1973
Forcipomyia longicalcar Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia noctivaga Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia ornaticrus (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Forcipomyia fuliginosa Meigen, 1818
Forcipomyia ornatipes Kieffer, 1918
Forcipomyia tetraclada Kieffer, 1912
Forcipomyia theobromae (Kieffer, 1912)⇒ Forcipomyia cacaoi Dessart, 1963
Johannsenomyia ceylanica Kieffer, 1912
Nannohelea tamil Grogan & Wirth, 1990
Neosphaeromias niger Gupta & Wirth, 1970
Palpomyia crassifemur Kieffer, 1918
Parabezzia orientalis Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia heveli Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia maculipennis Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia punctata Giles & Wirth, 1982
Sinhalohelea gansi Grogan & Bor..., 1992
Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) punctifemorata Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) festiva Kieffer, 1911
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia chasteli Clastrier, 1967
Stilobezzia nudisthmostheca Gupta & Wirth, 1968

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
10
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
13
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