Atrichopogon winnertzi Goetghebuer, 1922
(an oil-beetle midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAtrichopogon winnertzi (an oil-beetle midge)
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)
Records of Atrichopogon winnertzi (an oil-beetle midge) :
1: Atrichopogon winnertzi (an oil-beetle midge) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
15 Apr 1974 OSGR: SD76 54° 0’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
feeding on Oil Beetle
Image 1: Feeding on oil beetleImage 2: Oil beetle with fly feeding between thoracic sclerites

Atrichopogon winnertzi (an oil-beetle midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Atrichopogon winnertzi (an oil-beetle midge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Atrichopogon winnertzi (an oil-beetle midge)
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