AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
401
3514
6584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
400
3513
6582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3451
6458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
2759
5315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
66
407
904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
19
109
371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
38
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
13
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
10
69
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
10 Genera with 69 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 193810SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1925Midge25SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 05SpeciesTaxom
Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Echinohelea Macfie, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 195617SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
69 Species
Atrichopogon adamsoni Macfie, 1937
Atrichopogon brevipalpis Macfie, 1944
Atrichopogon caribbeanus Ewen & Saunders, 1958
Atrichopogon glaber Macfie, 1935
Atrichopogon gordoni Macfie, 1938
Atrichopogon harrisi Macfie, 1938
Atrichopogon insigniventris Macfie, 1935
Atrichopogon trindadensis Macfie, 1937
Atrichopogon tuberculatus Ewen & Saunders, 1948
Atrichopogon woodfordi Macfie, 1938
Bezzia gibbera Coquillett, 1905
Bezzia venustula Spinelli, 1991
Culicoides (Hoffmania) maruim Lutz, 1913
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides aitkeni Wirth & Blanton, 1968
Culicoides archboldi Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides aureus Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides crucifer Clastrier, 1968
Culicoides darlingtonae Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 1913Northern bog violet
Culicoides fluviatilis Lutz, 1914
Culicoides glabellus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides guerrai Wirth & Blanton, 1971
Culicoides guyanensis Floch & Abon..., 1942
Culicoides heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides hoffmani Fox, 1946
Culicoides lanei Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides limai Barretto, 1944
Culicoides martinezi Wirth & Blanton, 1970
Culicoides mirsae Ortiz, 1953
Culicoides nigrigenus Wirth & Blanton, 1956
Culicoides paucienfuscatus Barbosa, 1947
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides pseudodiabolicus Fox, 1946
Culicoides querrai
Culicoides rozeboomi (Barbosa, 1947)⇒ Culicoides heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides trinidadensis Hoffman, 1925
Dasyhelea borgmeieri Wirth & Waugh, 1976
Dasyhelea cacaoi
Dasyhelea chani Wirth & Linley, 1990
Dasyhelea thalestris Macfie, 1935
Dasyhelea williamsi
Downeshelea deanei Felippe-Baue..., 1995
Echinohelea lanei Wirth, 1951Trailing phlox
Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia abercrombyi Macfie, 1938
Forcipomyia basifemoralis Wirth & Spin..., 1992
Forcipomyia brachyrhynchus Wirth & Dow, 1972
Forcipomyia caribbeana Saunders, 1956
Forcipomyia colombiae Wirth, 1970
Forcipomyia cornuta Saunders, 1964
Forcipomyia falcifera Saunders, 1959
Forcipomyia indecora (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Forcipomyia psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia jipajapae Wirth, 1970
Forcipomyia jocosa Saunders, 1956
Forcipomyia setigera Saunders, 1959
Forcipomyia squamitibia Lutz, 1914
Forcipomyia stylifera Lutz, 1913
Forcipomyia terestris Saunders, 1964
Forcipomyia trinidadensis Saunders, 1964
Forcipomyia tuberculata Saunders, 1956
Leptoconops (Holoconops) bequaerti (Kieffer, 1925)⇒ Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Leptoconops becquaerti Kieffer, 1925
Monohelea guianae Wirth, 1953
Monohelea hieroglyphica Kieffer, 1917
Monohelea mayeri Ortiz, 1950
Monohelea urracaisi Lane & Wirth, 1964
Stilobezzia bimaculata Lane & Forat..., 1956
Stilobezzia chaconi Macfie, 1938

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
7
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
27
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