Ceratopogonini

Belongs within: Ceratopogonidae.

The Ceratopogonini are a group of biting midges whose eyes are usually pubescent and wings often milky in appearance (Downes & Wirth 1981).

Characters (from Downes & Wirth 1981): Eye usually pubescent. Female antenna with 13 flagellomeres. Wing often milky. Cell r₂₊₃ usually small, not or only a little longer than cell r₁, one or both cells sometimes lost; crossvein r-m nearly perpendicular to R₄₊₅; M forking beyond crossvein r-m.

<==CeratopogoniniDW81
    |--Alluaudomyia bellaDW81
    |--Rhynchohelea monilicornisDW81
    |--CeratoculicoidesDW81
    |--Isohelea Kieffer 1917DW81, H02
    |    `--I. stigmalisDW81
    |--Brachypogon Kieffer 1899DW81, H02
    |    |--B. paraensisDW81
    |    `--B. stigmalisBSG09
    `--Ceratopogon Meigen 1803S89
         |--C. aequalis Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. aeratipennis Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. albopunctatus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. arcuatusS89
         |--C. bicolorK01
         |--C. communisR26
         |--C. culicoidithoraxDW81
         |--C. decempunctatus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. dufouri Laboulbène 1889L89
         |--C. fascicularisR26
         |--C. (Fanthamia) frigidusH02
         |--C. insignis Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. inverecundusBSG09
         |--C. latipennis Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. marmoratus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. mastersi Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. minusculus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. molestus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. nigellus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. obscurusR26
         |--C. (Ceratopogon) pulicaris [=Chironomus (C.) pulicaris]G20
         |--C. rhynchops Schiner 1868S89
         |--C. rostratusS89
         |--C. saltivagus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. scutellatusS89
         |--C. sericatusK01
         |--C. stigmaS89
         |--C. subnitidus Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. sydneyensis Skuse 1889S89
         |--C. tigrinus Skuse 1889S89
         `--C. willisiBSG09

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BSG09] Borkent, A., G. R. Spinelli & W. L. Grogan Jr. 2009. Ceratopogonidae (biting midges, purrujas). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 407–435. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[DW81] Downes, J. A., & W. W. Wirth. 1981. Ceratopogonidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 393–421. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[H02] Hong Y. 2002. Amber Insect of China. Beijing Scientific and Technological Publishing House.

[K01] Kertész, K. 1901. Legyek [Dipteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 179–201. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[L89] Laboulbène, A. 1889. Les observations de M. le D^r Beauregard. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: cx–cxi.

[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.

[S89] Skuse, F. A. A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (2): 215–311, pls 11–14.