Culicoides saevus Kieffer, 1922 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Diptera family Ceratopogonidae genus Culicoides species Culicoides saevus Name Synonyms Culicoides drenskii Zilahi-Sebess, 1934 Culicoides micromaculithorax Khalaf, 1957 Homonyms Culicoides saevus Kieffer, 1922