Atrichopogon

Atrichopogon
Atrichopogon sp. on Oedemera virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Chironomoidea
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily: Forcipomyiinae
Genus: Atrichopogon
Kieffer, 1906[1]
Species

See list

Atrichopogon is a genus of biting midges, small flies in the family Ceratopogonidae.

Some Atrichopogon (and Forcipomyia) species are ectoparasites on larger insects.

References

  1. Kieffer 1906: Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 42, 53

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