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

Subfamily Forcipomyiinae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Biting Midge - Forcipomyia - male Ceratopogonidae ? - Forcipomyia - male Biting Midge? - Forcipomyia - female Biting Midge? - Forcipomyia - female Fly ID request - Atrichopogon - female 3024312 fly - Forcipomyia - male Wasp 2 Forcipomyia - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges)
Subfamily Forcipomyiinae
Numbers
~100 spp. in 2 genera (with many subgenera) in our area(1), ~1630 spp. in 2 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
Claws curved but not especially long, empodia long. Typically hairier than subfamily Ceratopogininae.
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(2)
Remarks
Many species are ectoparasites. Some host associations are
Blister beetles: Atrichopogon (Meloehelea)
Butterflies: Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) baueri
Caterpillars: Forcipomyia (Microhelea) fuliginosa
Dragonflies: Forcipomyia (Pterobosca)
Fishflies: Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) mcateei
Frogs: Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) fairfaxensis
Lacewings: Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) eques and Forcipomyia (Pterobosca)
Long-horned beetles: Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) crinita
Print References
Wirth, Willis W. 1956. New species of biting midges ectoparasitic on insects (Diptera: Heleidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49:356-364
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Borkent A. (2012) World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Contributed by tom murray on 29 September, 2005 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 29 February, 2020 - 3:19pm

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