Last updated: Jan. 20, 2014 - 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 COMMENTARY ON PLACEMENT OF SOME TAXA ...............................................................................................6 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 ............................................................................................................ 28 FORCIPOMYIA Meigen ................................................................................................................ 28 ATOPOMYIA Yu and Liu .................................................................................................. 28 BASSOFORCIPOMYIA Debenham ................................................................................. 28 BLANTONIA Wirth and Dow ............................................................................................ 28 CALOFORCIPOMYIA Saunders ...................................................................................... 29 COLLESSOHELEA Debenham ....................................................................................... 29 DYCEA Debenham .......................................................................................................... 30 EUPROJOANNISIA Brèthes ............................................................................................ 30 FORCIPOHELEA Clastrier and Delécolle ........................................................................ 33 FORCIPOMYIA Meigen ................................................................................................... 33 GAMPSOHELEA Yu and Liu ........................................................................................... 41 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 ...................................................................................................... 48 NICOTHOHELEA Liu, Tang and Hao .............................................................................. 51 OREINOHELEA Yu and Liu ............................................................................................. 51 PANHELEA Remm .......................................................................................................... 51 PEDILOHELEA de Meillon and Wirth .............................................................................. 51 PHYTOHELEA Remm ..................................................................................................... 52 PTEROBOSCA Macfie ..................................................................................................... 52 RHINOHELEA de Meillon and Wirth ................................................................................ 53 RHYNCHOFORCIPOMYIA Wirth and Dow .................................................................... 53 SALIOHELEA Wirth and Ratanaworabhan ...................................................................... 53 SCHINEROMYIA Debenham ........................................................................................... 54 SCHIZOFORCIPOMYIA Chan and LeRoux .................................................................... 54 SYNTHYRIDOMYIA Saunders ........................................................................................ 54 THYRIDOMYIA Saunders ................................................................................................ 55 TRICHOHELEA Goetghebuer .......................................................................................... 56 TRITHICOMYIA Yu and Song .......................................................................................... 58 TYPHONOMYIA Debenham ............................................................................................ 58 WARMKEA Saunders ...................................................................................................... 58 SUBFAMILY DASYHELEINAE LENZ ..................................................................................................................... 59 DASYHELEA Kieffer ..................................................................................................................... 59 SUBFAMILY CERATOPOGONINAE NEWMAN .................................................................................................... 72 TRIBE CULICOIDINI KIEFFER .................................................................................................................. 72 CULICOIDES Latreille ................................................................................................................... 72 PARADASYHELEA Macfie ......................................................................................................... 106 WASHINGTONHELEA Wirth and Grogan .................................................................................. 106 TRIBE CERATOPOGONINI ..................................................................................................................... 106 ADELOHELEA Borkent ............................................................................................................... 106 AFROHELEA Wirth ..................................................................................................................... 106 AGILIHELEA Yu .......................................................................................................................... 106 ALLOHELEA Kieffer .................................................................................................................... 107 ALLUAUDOMYIA Kieffer ............................................................................................................. 108 ANKYLOHELEA de Meillon and Wirth ........................................................................................ 112 ATYPHOHELEA Borkent ............................................................................................................ 112 AUSTROHELEA Wirth and Grogan ............................................................................................ 112 BAEODASYMYIA Clastrier and Raccurt ..................................................................................... 113 BAEOHELEA Wirth and Blanton ................................................................................................. 113 BAHIAHELEA Wirth .................................................................................................................... 113 BOREOHELEA Clastrier and Delécolle ...................................................................................... 113 BORKENTHELEA Spinelli and Grogan ...................................................................................... 113 BOTHAHELEA Grogan and Wirth ............................................................................................... 113 BOTHAMIA Meiswinkel ..............................................................................................................