CERATOPOGONIDAE
(biting midges)

CERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Atrichopogon
a genus of biting midges
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Culicoides
midge
Genus 1 trophisms 4 references
Forcipomyia
a genus of biting midges
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Austen, E.E. 1906 *** Illustrations of British blood-sucking flies ***(Superseded) 74pp, British Museum (Natural History)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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to CERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of CERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)
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