Last updated: February 28, 2012 - If you find any errors or have any suggestions for the improvement of this catalog please contact Art Borkent at [email protected] World Species of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) by ART BORKENT Research Associate of the Royal British Columbia Museum, American Museum of Natural History, and Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad 691-8th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, V1E 2C2, Canada. email: [email protected] CONTENTS LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL ..............................................................................................................................6 SUBFAMILY LEBANOCULICOIDINAE BORKENT ................................................................................................ 11 LEBANOCULICOIDES Szadziewski ............................................................................................. 11 SUBFAMILY LEPTOCONOPINAE NOÈ ................................................................................................................. 11 ARCHIAUSTROCONOPS Szadziewski ........................................................................................ 11 AUSTROCONOPS Wirth and Lee ................................................................................................ 11 FOSSILEPTOCONOPS Szadziewski ........................................................................................... 11 JORDANOCONOPS Szadziewski................................................................................................. 11 LEPTOCONOPS Skuse ................................................................................................................ 12 MINYOHELEA Borkent .................................................................................................................. 16 SUBFAMILY FORCIPOMYIINAE LENZ .................................................................................................................. 16 ATRICHOPOGON Kieffer .............................................................................................................. 16 ATRICULICOIDES Remm ............................................................................................................. 27 FORCIPOMYIA Meigen ................................................................................................................. 28 ATOPOMYIA Yu and Liu .................................................................................................. 28 BASSOFORCIPOMYIA Debenham ................................................................................. 28 BLANTONIA Wirth and Dow............................................................................................. 28 CALOFORCIPOMYIA Saunders ...................................................................................... 28 COLLESSOHELEA Debenham ........................................................................................ 29 DYCEA Debenham ........................................................................................................... 29 EUPROJOANNISIA Brèthes ............................................................................................ 30 FORCIPOHELEA Clastrier and Delécolle ........................................................................ 32 FORCIPOMYIA Meigen .................................................................................................... 32 GAMPSOHELEA Yu and Liu ............................................................................................ 40 HERAKLEOHELEA Debenham ....................................................................................... 41 IXODEHELEA Yu and Liu ................................................................................................ 41 JAPYGAHELEA Yu and Liu ............................................................................................. 41 KATTANGOMYIA Debenham .......................................................................................... 41 LASIOHELEA Kieffer ........................................................................................................ 41 LEPIDOHELEA Kieffer ..................................................................................................... 45 METAFORCIPOMYIA Saunders ...................................................................................... 47 MICROHELEA Kieffer ...................................................................................................... 47 NICOTHOHELEA Liu, Tang and Hao .............................................................................. 50 OREINOHELEA Yu and Liu ............................................................................................. 50 PANHELEA Remm ........................................................................................................... 50 PEDILOHELEA de Meillon and Wirth ............................................................................... 50 PHYTOHELEA Remm ...................................................................................................... 51 PTEROBOSCA Macfie ..................................................................................................... 52 RHINOHELEA de Meillon and Wirth ................................................................................ 52 RHYNCHOFORCIPOMYIA Wirth and Dow .................................................................... 52 SALIOHELEA Wirth and Ratanaworabhan ...................................................................... 53 SCHINEROMYIA Debenham ........................................................................................... 53 SCHIZOFORCIPOMYIA Chan and LeRoux..................................................................... 53 SYNTHYRIDOMYIA Saunders ......................................................................................... 54 THYRIDOMYIA Saunders ................................................................................................ 54 TRICHOHELEA Goetghebuer .......................................................................................... 56 TRITHICOMYIA Yu and Song .......................................................................................... 57 TYPHONOMYIA Debenham ............................................................................................ 57 WARMKEA Saunders ....................................................................................................... 57 SUBFAMILY DASYHELEINAE LENZ ..................................................................................................................... 58 DASYHELEA Kieffer ...................................................................................................................... 58 SUBFAMILY CERATOPOGONINAE NEWMAN ..................................................................................................... 71 TRIBE CULICOIDINI KIEFFER .................................................................................................................. 71 CULICOIDES Latreille ................................................................................................................... 71 PARADASYHELEA Macfie .......................................................................................................... 104 WASHINGTONHELEA Wirth and Grogan .................................................................................. 105 TRIBE CERATOPOGONINI ..................................................................................................................... 105 ADELOHELEA Borkent ............................................................................................................... 105 AFROHELEA Wirth ..................................................................................................................... 105 AGILIHELEA Yu .......................................................................................................................... 105 ALLOHELEA Kieffer .................................................................................................................... 105 ALLUAUDOMYIA Kieffer ............................................................................................................. 106 ANKYLOHELEA de Meillon and Wirth ........................................................................................ 111 ATYPHOHELEA Borkent ............................................................................................................. 111 AUSTROHELEA Wirth and Grogan ............................................................................................ 111 BAEODASYMYIA Clastrier and Raccurt ..................................................................................... 111 BAEOHELEA Wirth and Blanton ................................................................................................. 111 BAHIAHELEA Wirth ..................................................................................................................... 112 BOREOHELEA Clastrier and Delécolle ...................................................................................... 112 BORKENTHELEA Spinelli and Grogan ....................................................................................... 112 BOTHAHELEA Grogan and Wirth ............................................................................................... 112 BOTHAMIA Meiswinkel ............................................................................................................... 112 BRACHYCRETACEA