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Checklist for Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 (biting midge)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
167
357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
93
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
84
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
15
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
15 Genera with 27 Species
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Atrichopogon Kieffer, 19423SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinohelea Kieffer, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1979Midge4SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Forcipomyia Meigen, 19185SpeciesTaxom
Johannsenomyia Malloch, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptoconops Skuse, 19534SpeciesTaxom
Nilobezzia Kieffer, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 02SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19562SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
27 Species
Atrichopogon hirsutipennis Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Atrichopogon melanimus Ingram & Macfie, 1923
Atrichopogon victoriae Meillon, 1942
Bezzia chrysolopha Kieffer, 1912
Clinohelea curriei Coquillett, 1905
Culicoides (Oecacta) accraensis Carter, Ingr..., 1920
Culicoides dutoiti Meillon, 1943
Culicoides pycnostictus Ingram & Macfie, 1925
Culicoides stagetus Lee, 1979
Dasyhelea flaviformis Carter, Ingr..., 1922
Dasyhelea inconspicuosa Carter, Ingr..., 1921
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) biannulata Ingram & Macfie, 1924Biting midge
Forcipomyia (Microhelea) inornatipennis Austen, 1912
Forcipomyia indecora (Kieffer, 1914)⇒ Forcipomyia psilonota Kieffer, 1911
Forcipomyia mopsus Meillon & Hardy, 1954
Forcipomyia striaticornis Kieffer, 1918
Leptoconops (Holoconops) kerteszi Kieffer, 1908
Leptoconops capensis Meillon & Hardy, 1953
Leptoconops dixi Meillon, 1936
Leptoconops harrisoni Meillon & Hardy, 1953
Nilobezzia robusta Meillon, 1937
Palpomyia erikae R. Szadziewski, 1993
Palpomyia limnochares Macfie, 1940
Serromyia nocticolor Kieffer, 1914
Serromyia stuckenbergi
Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959
Stilobezzia atrichopogon Lane & Forat..., 1956

Subnodes of Ceratopogonidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
12
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForcipomyiinae
Lenz, 1934
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptoconopinae
Noe, 1907
1
4
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