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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Venezuela (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
6372
16248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
513
6368
16244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
487
6239
15904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
306
5004
13441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
738
2120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
19
153
858
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
59
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
29
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
7
61
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Venezuela
7 Genera with 61 Species
Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1948Midge46SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19956SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Paryphoconus Enderlein, 19844SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
61 Species
Amerohelea frontispina Dow & Turner, 1976
Culicoides (Hoffmania) maruim Lutz, 1913
Culicoides (Macfiella) phlebotomus Williston, 1896
Culicoides acotylus Lutz, 1913
Culicoides alvarezi Ortiz, 1957
Culicoides arubae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides aureus Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides avilaensis Ortiz & Mirsa, 1951
Culicoides benarrochi Ortiz & Mirsa, 1952
Culicoides birabeni Cavalieri, 1966
Culicoides bricenoi Oritz, 1951
Culicoides caprilesi Fox, 1952
Culicoides castillae Fox, 1946
Culicoides covagarciai Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides dasyophus Macfie, 1940
Culicoides discrepans Ortiz & Mirsa, 1951
Culicoides eublepharus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides fernandezi Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides flochabonnenci Ortiz & Mirsa, 1952
Culicoides fluvialis Macfie, 1940
Culicoides forattinii Ortiz, 1961
Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 1954
Culicoides ginesi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944
Culicoides horticola Lutz, 1913
Culicoides imitador Ortiz, 1953
Culicoides iriartei Fox, 1952
Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 1922Biting midge
Culicoides lanei Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides lichyi (Floch & Abon..., 1949)⇒ Culicoides flochabonnenci Ortiz & Mirsa, 1952
Culicoides limonensis Ortiz & Leon, 1954
Culicoides malariologiensis Perruolo, 1991
Culicoides mirsae Ortiz, 1953
Culicoides obnoxius Fox, 1952
Culicoides ocumarensis Ortiz, 1950
Culicoides palpalis (Macfie, 1948)⇒ Culicoides austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955
Culicoides pifanoi Ortiz, 1951
Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948
Culicoides propriipennis Macfie, 1948
Culicoides rangeli Ortiz & Mirsa, 1952
Culicoides rodriguezi Ortiz, 1968
Culicoides tamaensis Perruolo, 2006
Culicoides transferrans Ortiz, 1953
Culicoides unetensis Perruolo, 2001
Culicoides venezulensis Ortiz & Mirsa, 1950
Culicoides verecundus Macfie, 1948
Forcipomyia aeronauctica Macfie, 1935
Forcipomyia cacaophila Ronderos & S..., 1999
Forcipomyia danaisi Floch & Abon..., 1949
Forcipomyia marini Spinelli & D..., 1995
Forcipomyia stylifera Lutz, 1913
Forcipomyia uramaensis Spinelli & D..., 1995
Leptoconops venezuelensis Ortiz, 1952
Monohelea mayeri Ortiz, 1950
Monohelea ocumare Ortiz, 1952
Paryphoconus angustipennis Enderlein, 1912
Paryphoconus anomalicornis Kieffer, 1917
Paryphoconus barrettoi Lane, 1946
Paryphoconus latipennis Spinelli & W..., 1984
Stilobezzia maculata Lane, 1947

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Venezuela
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
5
54
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
1
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