Genus: Culicoides (Midge)

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Accepted Name	Source
Culicoides Latreille, 1809	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Latreille, Pierre A. 1809. Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Amand Koenig, Parisii; Argentoratum. Vol. 4: 1–399.

Synonym	Source
Groganomyia Szadziewski & Dominiak, 2019 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Szadziewski, R.; Dominiak, P.; Sontag, E.; Krzemiński, W.; Wang, B.; Szwedo, J. (2019). Haematophagous biting midges of the extant genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) evolved during the mid-Cretaceous. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4688(4): 535-548.
Marksomyia Bellis & Dyce, 2011 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Bellis, G. & Dyce, A. (2011). Marksomyia, a new subgenus of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian biogeographic region with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3014(1): 35-58.
Fastus Liu, 2005 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Yu, Y.-X., Liu, J.-H., Liu, G.-P., Liu, Z.-J., Hao, B.-S., Yan, G. & Zhao, T.-S. (2005). 中国蠓科昆虫. 昆虫纲, 双翅目 [Ceratopogonidae of China, Insecta, Diptera]. Military Medical Science Press, Beijing. 2 vols, 1699 pp. ISBN 7-80121-687-3.
Tokunagahelea Dyce & Meiswinkel, 1995 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Dyce, A. & Meiswinkel, R. (1995). Tokunagahelea, a new subgenus of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian region with descriptions of two new species. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 9(1): 129-147.
Silvicola Mirzaeva & Isaev, 1990 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Mirzaeva, A.G. & Isaev, V.A. (1990). [Revision of the subgenus Culicoides s. str. (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)]. <em>Новые И малоизветные виды фауны Сибири.</em> 21: 92-99 [English translation in Entomological Review, 70(4): 154-160].
Amossovia Glukhova, 1989 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Glukhova, V.M. (1989). Насекомые двукрылые, т 3 вып 5а: Кровососущчие мокрецы родов Culicoides и Forcipomyia (Ceratopogonidae). [Insecta Diptera, Volume 3, part 5a: Blood-sucking midges of the genera Culicoides and Forcipomyia (Ceratopogonidae)]. <em>Фауна СССР: новая серия [Fauna of the USSR, new series].</em> 139: 1-408. ISBN 5-02-025760-5.
Stigmoculicoides Isaev, 1988 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Isaev, V.A. (1988). [Isolation and recognition of some subgenera of the biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Ceratopogonidae) with a description of a new subgenus Stigmoculicoides]. In: [Insects - potential carriers of infectious diseases: Morphology, systematics and ecology of the dipterans]. Collected scientific works of the Ivanovo State Medical Institute, Ivanovo. pp. 14–39. [in Russian].
Sinocoides Chu, 1983 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Chu, F.-I. (1983). 中国库蠓属二新亚属二新种(双翅目:蠓科) [Two new subgenera and two new species of Culicoides from China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)]. <em>Entomotaxonomia.</em> 5(1): 25-32.
Jilinocoides Chu, 1983 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Chu, F.-I. (1983). 中国库蠓属二新亚属二新种(双翅目:蠓科) [Two new subgenera and two new species of Culicoides from China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)]. <em>Entomotaxonomia.</em> 5(1): 25-32.
Nullicella Lee, 1982 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Lee, T.-S. (1982). Diptera: Ceratopogonidae. pp. 165-172. In: 青藏高原科学考察丛书: 西藏昆虫 2 [Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Scientific Expedition Series: Insects of Tibet, vol. 2]. Science Press, Beijing. 508 pp.
Sensiculicoides Shevchenko, 1977 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Shevchenko, A.K. (1977). Кровосисні мокреці [Bloodsucking midges]. <em>Фауна Украины [Fauna of Ukraine].</em> 13(1): 1-251.
Remmia Glukhova, 1977 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Glukhova, V.M. (1977). О подродовой классификации рода Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) с учетом строения личиночной фазы [The subgeneric classification of the genus Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae), with a consideration of the structure of the larval phase]. <em>Паразитологический Сборник [Parazitologicheskii Sbornik].</em> 27: 112-118.
Silvaticulicoides Glukhova, 1972 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Glukhova, V.M. (1972). О подродовой классификации рода Culicoides (Ceratopogonidae) с учетомстроения преимагинальных фаз и выделением нового подрода [On the subgeneric classification of the genus Culicoides (Ceratopogonidae), taking into account the structure of the preimaginal phases and the identification of a new subgenus.]. in: Проблемы паразитологии. Тр. VII научн. конф. паразитологов УССР, Киев, 1972. 1: 212-215.
Callotia Vargas & Kremer, 1972 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Vargas, L. & Kremer, M. (1972). Callotia n. subg. of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). <em>Mosquito News.</em> 32: 242-243.
Pontoculicoides Remm & Zhogolev, 1968 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Article title: On the biting midge fauna (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) of the Crimea.
Meijerehelea Wirth & Hubert, 1961 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Wirth, W.W. & Hubert, A.A. (1961). New species and records Taiwan Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). <em>Pacific Insects.</em> 3(1): 11-26.
Mataemyia Vargas, 1960 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Vargas, L. (1960). The subgenera of Culicoides of the Americas (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 8(1): 35-47.
Glaphiromyia Vargas, 1960 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Vargas, L. (1960). The subgenera of Culicoides of the Americas (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 8(1): 35-47.
Drymodesmyia Vargas, 1960 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Vargas, L. (1960). The subgenera of Culicoides of the Americas (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 8(1): 35-47.
Diphaomyia Vargas, 1960 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Vargas, L. (1960). The subgenera of Culicoides of the Americas (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 8(1): 35-47.
Anilomyia Vargas, 1960 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Vargas, L. (1960). The subgenera of Culicoides of the Americas (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 8(1): 35-47.
Trithecoides Wirth & Hubert, 1959 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Wirth, W.W. & Hubert, A.A. (1959). Trithecoides, a new subgenus of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). <em>Pacific Insects.</em> 1(1): 1-38.
Macfiella Fox, 1955 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Fox, I. (1969). A Catalogue of the Bloodsucking Midges of the Americas (Culicoides, Leptoconops, and Lasiohelea) with Keys to the Subgenera and Nearctic Species, a Geographic Index, and Bibliography. <em>Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico.</em> 39(4): 214-285.
Avaritia Fox, 1955 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Fox, I. (1969). A Catalogue of the Bloodsucking Midges of the Americas (Culicoides, Leptoconops, and Lasiohelea) with Keys to the Subgenera and Nearctic Species, a Geographic Index, and Bibliography. <em>Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico.</em> 39(4): 214-285.
Selfia Khalaf, 1954 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Khalaf, K. (1954). The Speciation of the Genus Culicoides (Diptera, Heleidae). <em>Annals of the Entomological Society of America.</em> 47(1): 34-51.
Monoculicoides Khalaf, 1954 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Khalaf, K. (1954). The Speciation of the Genus Culicoides (Diptera, Heleidae). <em>Annals of the Entomological Society of America.</em> 47(1): 34-51.
Beltranmyia Vargas, 1953 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Vargas, L. (1953). Beltranmyia n. Subgen. de Culicoides (Insecta: Heleidae). <em>Revista del Instituto de Salubridad y Enfermedades Tropicales.</em> 13: 33-36.
Hoffmania Fox, 1948 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Fox, I. (1948). Hoffmania, a new subgenus in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 61: 21-28.
Synhelea Kieffer, 1925 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kieffer, J.J. (1925). Nouveaux genres et nouvelles espèces de chironomides piqueurs. <em>Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d'Algérie.</em> 3: 405-430.
Prosapelma Kieffer, 1925 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kieffer, J.J. (1925). Nouveaux genres et nouvelles espèces de chironomides piqueurs. <em>Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d'Algérie.</em> 3: 405-430.
Haemophoructus Macfie, 1925 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Macfie, J.W.S. (1925). A new Blood-sucking Midge from Singapore. <em>Bulletin of Entomological Research.</em> 15(4): 349-351.
Oxyhelea Kieffer, 1921 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kieffer, J.J. (1921). Chironomides de l'Afrique Équatoriale (1ère partie). <em>Annales de la Société Entomologique de France.</em> 90(1): 1-56.
Cotocripus Brèthes, 1912 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Brèthes, J. (1912). Descripcion de un nuevo género y especie nueva de Chironomidae (Dipt). <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires.</em> 22: 451-453.
Haematomyidium Goeldi, 1905 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Goeldi, E.A. (1905). Os mosquitos no Pará. Reunião de quatro trabalhos sobre os mosquitos indigenas, principalmente as especies que molestam o homem. <em>Memórias do Museu Goeldi (Museu Paraense) de Historia Natural e Ethnographia.</em> 4: 1-154.
Psychophaena Philippi, 1865 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Philippi, R.A. (1865). Aufzählung der chilenischen Dipteren. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 15(Abh.): 595-782.
Oecacta Poey, 1853 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Poey, F. (1851-1854). Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba. Tomo 1. Barcina, Habana. 463 pp. [1–40 + pls 1–8: 1851; 41–200 + pls 9–22: 1852; 201–280 + pls 23–30: 1853; 281–453 + pls 31–34: 1854].
Conopoides Agassiz, 1846 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847].
Padrosia Rafinesque, 1815 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp.

Common names	Source
Midge	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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