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Family: Ceratopogonidae (biting midges)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Antliophora > Diptera (flies) > Culicomorpha

Publications

  • Mellor, P.S., Boorman, J. & Baylis, M. 2000. Culicoides biting midges: their role as arbovirus vectors. Annual Review of Entomology 45: 307-340.