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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region West Bengal (East India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
299
2570
5220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
298
2569
5219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
282
2505
5118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
183
1984
4207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
41
340
768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
10
115
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
3
47
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
43
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
8
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Bengal
8 Genera with 25 Species
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 20037SpeciesTaxom
Calyptopogon Kieffer, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 2000Midge5SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Monohelea Kieffer, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 20032SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Bengal
25 Species
Atrichopogon atroxipes Bose, Dasgup..., 2003
Atrichopogon tenuistylus Bose, Dasgup..., 2003
Bezzia expedita Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia fortigenitalis Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia glaucivena Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia monotheca Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia papillistyla Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia propriostyla Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Bezzia turbipes Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Calyptopogon mirus Sarkar & Gupta, 1995
Calyptopogon pseudoalbitarsis Sarkar & Gupta, 1995
Culicoides causeyi Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides magnithecalis Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides mukerjii Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides peculiaris Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Culicoides swaminathi Gangopadhyay..., 2000
Forcipomyia spiculata Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia subulipenis Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Forcipomyia unimaculata Sinha, Mazum..., 2003
Monohelea unica Sinha & Gupta, 1992
Palpomyia crassipalpis Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia deminutipalpis Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Palpomyia flexidigita Sinha, Das G..., 2003
Stilobezzia dorsosignata Sinha, Dasgu..., 2003
Stilobezzia semiartistyla Sinha, Dasgu..., 2003

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in West Bengal
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
5
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
5
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