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Ceratopogonidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Newman, E. (1834). Attempted division of British insects into natural orders. <em>Entomological Magazine.</em> 2, 379–431.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Ceratopogonidae

Name

Synonyms
Ceratopogon crassipalpis Meunier, 1912
Ceratopogon madagascariensis Meunier, 1912
Ceratopogon tenuipes Meunier, 1912
Ceratopogon viscatus Meunier, 1912
Heleidae
Simulia pasithea von Heyden, 1870
Simulium terribilis Förster, 1891
Sinopogonites eocenicus Hong, 2002
Homonyms
Ceratopogonidae
Common names
Biting Midge in English
Biting Midges in English
Mitter in Danish
biting midge in English
biting midges in language.
biting midges in English
brûlots in French
cératopogonidés in French
knijten of knutjes in Dutch
moucherons piqueurs in French
no-see-ums in language.
polttiaiset in Finnish
punkies in language.
hihtet in Northern Sami
svidknott in Swedish
sviknott in Norwegian Bokmål
sviknott in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Biting Midge in English
Mosquitos Or Gnats in English
Mosquitos or gnats in English
biting midges in English
knutten in Dutch
moahtta in Northern Sami
svidknott in Swedish
sviknott in Norwegian Bokmål
sviknott in Nynorsk, Norwegian
ヌカカ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Alroy (2015) Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002)
  5. De Pauw, N. & Vannevel, R. (eds.) (1991)
  6. Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. <em>Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen.</em> 70: 338pp.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Newman, E. (1834). Attempted division of British insects into natural orders. <em>Entomological Magazine.</em> 2, 379–431.
  9. Nilsson, A. (ed.) (1997)
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Shewell, G. E.,Downes, J. A.,Vockeroth, J. R.,Peterson, B. V.,Wirth, W. W.,Teskey, H. J.,McAlpine, J. F.,Wood, D. M. (1981) Chapter 28. Ceratopogonidae http://diptera.myspecies.info/node/3352
  12. Smith, K.G.V. (1989)
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