Atrichopogon Kieffer, 1906
(a genus of biting midges)

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Atrichopogon winnertzi
an oil-beetle midge
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAtrichopogon (a genus of biting midges)
FamilyCERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mann, D.J. & Turner, C.R. 2003 Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) feeding on Meloe violaceus Marsham (Coleoptera: Meloidae) Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 7-9.

Atrichopogon (a genus of biting midges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Atrichopogon (a genus of biting midges)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Atrichopogon (a genus of biting midges)
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