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Culicoides

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Culicoides Latreille p. 251
1906Culicoides Kieffer p. 53
1944Culicoides Statz p. 142
1976Culicoides Remm p. 347
1988Culicoides Grogan and Szadziewski
1988Culicoides Szadziewski p. 29
1995Culicoides Borkent
1996Culicoides Szadziewski p. 58
1997Culicoides Borkent and Wirth p. 59
2001Culicoides Park and Downing p. 179
2007Culicoides Solórzano Kraemer p. 57
2011Culicoides Sontag and Szadziewski p. 783
2013Culicoides Borkent p. 72
2013Devalquia Choufani and Nel p. 75
2014Culicoides Choufani et al. p. 38
2018Culicoides Pielowska et al. p. 240
2020Culicoides Borkent and Dominiak p. 102
2021Culicoides Peñalver et al. p. 427

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCulicoidini
genusCulicoidesLatreille 1809

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Culicoides Latreille 1809
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Subg. Culicoides (Groganomyia) Szadziewski and Dominiak 2019
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†Culicoides (Groganomyia) bojarskii Szadziewski and Dominiak 2019
†Culicoides (Groganomyia) burmiticus Szadziewski and Dominiak 2019
†Culicoides (Groganomyia) ellenbergeri Szadziewski and Dominiak 2019
†Culicoides (Groganomyia) myanmaricus Szadziewski and Dominiak 2019
Subg. Culicoides (Oecacta) Poey 1853
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†Culicoides agamus Borkent 1995
†Culicoides ambericus Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
†Culicoides annosus Borkent 1995
†Culicoides antilleanus Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
†Culicoides atratus Statz 1944
†Culicoides austerus Statz 1944
†Culicoides balticus Szadziewski 1988
†Culicoides bicolor Statz 1944
†Culicoides bifidus Borkent 1996
†Culicoides brisaci Choufani and Nel 2013
†Culicoides brodzinskyi Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
†Culicoides bullus Borkent 1995
†Culicoides canadensis Boesel 1937
†Culicoides casei Grogan and Szadziewski 1988 [biting midge]
†Culicoides ceranowiczi Szadziewski 1988
†Culicoides dasyheleiformis Szadziewski 1988
†Culicoides doyeni Choufani et al. 2014
†Culicoides elongatulus Statz 1944
†Culicoides eoselficus Szadziewski 1988
†Culicoides filipalpis Remm 1976
†Culicoides gedanensis Szadziewski 1988
†Culicoides gracilior Statz 1944
†Culicoides grandibocus Borkent 1996
†Culicoides hispanicola Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
†Culicoides jucundus Statz 1944
†Culicoides kaluginae Remm 1976
†Culicoides liliputanus Statz 1944
†Culicoides mammalicola Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
†Culicoides megacanthus Palmer 1957
†Culicoides obesus Statz 1944
†Culicoides obscuratus Statz 1944
†Culicoides obuncus Borkent 1995
†Culicoides paleopestis Peñalver et al. 2021
†Culicoides prussicus Szadziewski 1988
†Culicoides speciosus Meunier 1904
†Culicoides subgedanensis Szadziewski 1993
†Culicoides succineus Remm 1976
†Culicoides succivarius Szadziewski 1988
†Culicoides tenuipennis Statz 1944
†Culicoides truncatus Borkent 2000
†Culicoides tyrrelli Boesel 1937
†Culicoides ventralis Borkent and Wirth 1997
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Invalid names: Culicoides abdominalis Statz 1944 [replaced]
†Culicoides yoosti Borkent 2000
Invalid names: Devalquia Choufani and Nel 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 93.90000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar C. bojarskii, C. myanmaricus (161726) C. burmiticus (187929) C. ellenbergeri (165560)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Jersey) C. casei (110959)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) C. bifidus (123016) C. casei, C. filipalpis, C. grandibocus, C. truncatus, C. yoosti (110895)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France C. doyeni (164386)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Devalquia brisaci (152462)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation C. sp., C. filipalpis, C. kaluginae, C. sphenostylus, C. succineus (35056)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) C. filipalpis, C. canadensis, C. obuncus (122353) C. filipalpis, C. tyrrelli, C. canadensis, C. agamus, C. obuncus, C. annosus (122354) C. filipalpis, Dasyhelea tyrrelli, Atrichopogon canadensis, C. obuncus (122356)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) C. filipalpis (122385) C. filipalpis, C. bullus (123143) C. filipalpis, C. tyrrelli, C. annosus (104932) C. filipalpis, C. tyrrelli, C. bullus (122388) C. filipalpis, C. tyrrelli, C. canadensis (122383) C. filipalpis, C. tyrrelli, C. canadensis, C. obuncus (122384) C. sp. (34896) C. sp., C. filipalpis (122389)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Australia (Victoria) C. paleopestis (224365)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) C. sp., C. speciosus (129228) C. sp., C. speciosus, C. ceranowiczi, C. subgedanensis (129227)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine C. sp. (122995) C. sp., C. speciosus (113621 122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Ceratopogon speciosus (123927) C. sp. (123962 123993) C. sp., C. ceranowiczi, C. dasyheleiformis (123221)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark C. sp., C. speciosus, C. sp. B, C. eoselficus, C. balticus (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland C. prussicus, C. dasyheleiformis (109625) C. sp., C. sp. A, C. sp. B, C. sp. C, C. ceranowiczi, C. eoselficus, C. gedanensis, C. speciosus, C. dasyheleiformis, C. succivarius, C. balticus (120813) C. sp., C. speciosus (154301)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) C. abbreviatipennis, C. atratus, C. austerus, C. bicolor, C. elongatulus, C. gracilior, C. jucundus, C. liliputanus, C. obesus, C. tenuipennis, C. abdominalis, C. obscuratus (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico C. sp. (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic C. antilleanus, C. ambericus, C. mammalicolus, C. sp. (122473) C. brodzinskyi, C. ambericus, C. sp. (122982) C. hispanicolus, C. sp. (123857)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) C. megacanthus (106431 123022 123030 123034 152222)