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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Culicomorpha » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Predaceous Midges (Ceratopogoninae)

Subfamily Ceratopogoninae - Predaceous Midges

Classification · Habitat · Food · Print References
Biting midge - Culicoides - female Tiny Fly - Stilobezzia Tiny Fly - Stilobezzia Tiny Fly - Stilobezzia Red Fly - Heteromyia fancy little fly - Alluaudomyia fancy little fly - Alluaudomyia Some sort of insect
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Family Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges)
Subfamily Ceratopogoninae (Predaceous Midges)
Habitat
Streams, lakes, ponds, sphagnum bogs
Food
Females are predators of insects, especially Chironomidae, often capturing males from mating swarms. Some eat their own mates.
Print References
The Predaceous Midges of the World, Willis W. Wirth and William L. Grogan, Jr. (review of tribe Ceratopogonini)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 1 November, 2006 - 2:59pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 7 October, 2009 - 3:49pm

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