CERATOPOGONIDAE
(biting midges)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Atrichopogon
a genus of biting midges
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images 1 ident. refs
Culicoides
midge
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images 3 ident. refs
Forcipomyia
a genus of biting midges
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 8 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Austen, E.E. 1906 *** Illustrations of British blood-sucking flies ***(Superseded) 74pp, British Museum (Natural History)

CERATOPOGONIDAE (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 CERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)
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