Tribe Sphaeromiini Newman 1834 (biting midge)
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Ceratopogoninae according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013 and Borkent and Wirth 1997
Sister taxa: Ceratopogon escheri, Ceratopogonini, Culicoides carri, Culicoides fossilis, Culicoides laurae, Culicoides mioceneus, Culicoidini, Heteromyiini, Johannsenomyia hotchkissae, Johannsenomyiini, Neoculicoides, Neoculicoides jeanneae, Palpomyiini
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphaeromiini in the database