Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Abstract

This catalog of the biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the New World north of Mexico includes 603 species and 39 genera. The full citation, province or state of the type locality and distribution by province and/or state of each species is given. The most recent revision for each genus, subgenus and species group is cited.

A New Predaceous Midge inBrachypogon(Brachypogon) from Alabama and Florida, U.S.A. and New Distibution Records forBrachypogon woodruffiSpinelli and Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

“…The description of B. laneae and the collection of B. woodruffi in Florida increases the number of Brachypogon species in the Nearctic from six to eight and the number of species in the subgenus Brachypogon from two to four (Borkent and Grogan 2009). Additional field collections and detailed taxonomic study of museum material from North America is needed for this genus.…”

“…The family Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) is species rich, with 6,056 extant, nominal species worldwide (Borkent 2011), including 603 in America north of Mexico (Borkent and Grogan 2009). Members of the genus Brachypogon Kieffer (Ceratopogonidae: Ceratopogoninae: Ceratopogonini) are small midges that are predaceous on other small nematocerous flies (Downes 1978; as species of Ceratopogon).…”

“…Worldwide, 200 species (including fossil species) of Brachypogon are currently recognized and placed in three subgenera (Borkent 2011). Only six species have been described in North America north of Mexico, with two species in the subgenus Brachypogon and four species in the subgenus Isohelea Kieffer (Borkent and Grogan 2009). The under-representation of the genus in this region (3% of known species) and the paucity of collection records are partly attributable to a lack of taxonomic study, with additional species in need of description (Borkent 1991, W. L. Grogan pers.…”

Checklist of the family Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Finland

“…Culicoides riouxi was treated as a synonym of Culicoides reconditus in Borkent and Wirth (1997) but restored from synonymy in Borkent (2012). Delecolle et al (1983) reported Culicoides riouxi as a valid species from Finland (N: Tvärminne).…”

When DNA barcoding and morphology mesh: Ceratopogonidae diversity in Finnmark, Norway

“…The Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) are generally small flies with a nearly worldwide distribution; the family includes 6,180 extant species in 111 genera (Borkent 2014a) but undoubtedly, many more undescribed species await discovery. Immatures are found in a wide array of aquatic, semiaquatic and moist terrestrial habitats.…”