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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Tunisia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
359
2886
6688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
358
2883
6685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
350
2865
6666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2182
5486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
63
460
986
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
76
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
27
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
17
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
7
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tunisia
7 Genera with 24 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1982Midge6SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19184SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunisia
24 Species
Atrichopogon atriscapula Kieffer, 1918
Atrichopogon densipluma Kieffer, 1918
Atrichopogon sebessi Remm, 1981
Bezzia exclamationis Kieffer, 1918
Bezzia latipalpis Clastrier, 1962
Culicoides (Oecacta) odiatus Austen, 1921
Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer, 1918
Culicoides jumineri Callot & Kremer, 1969
Culicoides marcleti Callot, Krem..., 1968
Culicoides maritime Kieffer, 1924
Culicoides pseudolangeroni Kremer, Chak..., 1982
Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) communis Kieffer, 1918
Forcipomyia rufescens Kieffer, 1918
Forcipomyia striaticornis Kieffer, 1918
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) noei Clastrier & ..., 1973
Leptoconops flaviventris Kieffer, 1918
Leptoconops hyalinipennis Kieffer, 1918
Leptoconops lacteipennis Kieffer, 1918
Leptoconops peneti Langeron, 1913
Leptoconops transversalis Kieffer, 1921
Palpomyia (Palpomyia) serripes Meigen, 1818
Palpomyia flavipectus Kieffer, 1918
Palpomyia fuscipectus Kieffer, 1918
Palpomyia micans Kieffer, 1918

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Tunisia
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
6
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