Palpomyiini
Appearance
Palpomyiini | |
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Bezzia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae |
Tribe: | Palpomyiini |
Palpomyiini is a tribe of biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are about 5 genera and more than 610 described species in Palpomyiini.[1][2]
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Genera
These five genera belong to the tribe Palpomyiini:
- Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 1981
- Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
- Pachyhelea Wirth, 1959
- Palpomyia Meigen
- Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 1965
References
- ^ "Palpomyiini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Palpomyiini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
- Borkent, A. (2012). World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) (PDF) (Report).
- Borkent, Art; Grogan, W. L. Jr. (2009). "Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2273: 1–48. ISSN 1175-5326.
- McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
External links
Media related to Palpomyiini at Wikimedia Commons