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Family Ceratopogonidae - Biting Midges

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)

An Annotated Checklist of the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Florida with a New Synonymy

By Wilkening, Alan J., Kline, Daniel L. and Wirth, Willis W.
Florida Entomologist, 1985

In addition to Florida records, this paper contains distribution information and other comments about the species listed.

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Updated link: https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/58067

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 24 October, 2011 - 9:12am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)

Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

By Borkent A., Spinelli G.R.
Zootaxa 2273:1-48, 2009

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Contributed by v belov on 14 May, 2011 - 3:52pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)

Neotropical Ceratopogonidae

By Art Borkent and Gustavo Spinelli

The key includes most of the genera found in North America.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 26 June, 2010 - 1:41pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Ceratopogoninae » Predaceous Midges (Ceratopogonini)

The Predaceous Midges of the World

By Willis W. Wirth, William L. Grogan
CRC Press, 1988

A revision of the worldwide genera of tribe Ceratopogonini

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 8 May, 2010 - 7:34am

A reclassification of the Palpomyia-Bezzia-Macropeza groups, and a revision of the North American Sphaeromiini

By Willis W. Wirth
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1962

Wirth, W.W. (1962) A reclassification of the Palpomyia-Bezzia-Macropeza groups, and a revision of the North American Sphaeromiini (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 55: 272-287.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 October, 2011 - 2:10pm

The Afrotropical biting midge, Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) biannulata (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) established in the United States

By Grogan WL, Howarth FG, Hribar LJ
Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 119: 29–37, 2017

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 14 October, 2024 - 10:21pm

Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Ontario: A Dichotomous Key and Wing Atlas

By Janke, L.A. et al.
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No. 50, 2023

https://doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2023.50

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 24 May, 2025 - 5:54pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera)

Guide to the Insects of Connecticut Part VI. The Diptera or True Flies Fifth Fascicle: Midges and Gnats

By Johannsen OA, Townes HK, Shaw FR, Fisher EG
State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 80, 1952

Contents
Tendipedidae (Chironomidae) by Johannsen OA and Townes HK
Heleidae (Ceratopogonidae) by Johannsen OA
Fungivoridae (Mycetophilidae) by Shaw FR and Fisher EG

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 29 July, 2021 - 11:27pm

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