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Checklist for Tribe Ceratopogonini Newman, 1834 (Predaceous Midges)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
793
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
176
598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
48
282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
2
26
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCeratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
Biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats
13
54
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCeratopogoninae
Newman, 1834
10
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCeratopogonini
Newman, 1834
Predaceous Midges
5
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
5 Genera with 17 Species
Alluaudomyia Kieffer, 19137SpeciesTaxom
Nannohelea Grogan & Wirth, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Parabezzia Malloch, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Serromyia Meigen, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Stilobezzia Kieffer, 19685SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
17 Species
Alluaudomyia bifurcata Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia formosana Okada, 1942
Alluaudomyia fuscipes Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940
Alluaudomyia marginalis Wirth & Delf..., 1964
Alluaudomyia spinosipes Tokunaga, 1962
Alluaudomyia xanthocoma Kieffer, 1913
Nannohelea tamil Grogan & Wirth, 1990
Parabezzia orientalis Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia heveli Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia maculipennis Giles & Wirth, 1982
Serromyia punctata Giles & Wirth, 1982
Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) punctifemorata Gupta & Wirth, 1968
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) festiva Kieffer, 1911
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) inermipes Kieffer, 1912
Stilobezzia chasteli Clastrier, 1967
Stilobezzia nudisthmostheca Gupta & Wirth, 1968


Links, sources and further information
Ceratopogonini at artfakta.se
Ceratopogonini at dyntaxa.se
Ceratopogonini at itis.gov