Genus Palpomyia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Black fly with yellow and black legs - Palpomyia - female

Ceratopogonid female? - Palpomyia - female

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 Ceratopogoninae

Tribe Palpomyiini

Genus Palpomyia

Explanation of Names

Palpomyia Meigen, 1818

Numbers

31 spp. in our area(1), ~270 spp. worldwide(2)

Range

worldwide(2)

Food

Females are predatory on swarming insects; larger species catch small mayflies in flight.

Print References

Grogan, W.L., Jr., and W.W. Wirth (1979) The North American predaceous midges of the genus Palpomyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 8: 1-125.

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 John F. Carr on 11 July, 2010 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2023 - 9:14am

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