TABLE 2. Numbers of extant and fossil species of Ceratopogonidae according to subgenus and genus and summarized cumulatively. The classification follows Borkent (2024).
Subfamily Tribe Genus ( * = fossil taxon) Subgenus Subgenus Genus Nomina dubia
Extant species Fossil Species Extant species Fossil Species Total Species
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Lebanoculicoidinae * Lebanoculicoides 4 4
Leptoconopinae * Archiaustroconops 14 14
Austroconops 2 8 10
* Baskintoconops 1 1
* Fossileptoconops 1 1
* Jordanoconops 1 1
Leptoconops 157 19 176 13
Brachyconops 2
Holoconops 79
Leptoconops 58 17
Megaconops 1
Palaeoconops 2
Proleptoconops 9
Styloconops 8
* Minyohelea 9 9
Atriculicoidinae * Atriculicoides 12 12
* Burmahelea 1 1
Forcipomyiinae Dasyheleini Dasyhelea 639 14 653 40
Forcipomyiini Atrichopogon 519 3 522 13
Forcipomyia 1167 31 1199 26
Atopopogon 2
Baliohelea 1
Bassoforcipomyia 2
Blantonia 2
Caloforcipomyia 35
Collessohelea 2
Dycea 11
Euprojoannisia 101 5
Forcipohelea 1
Forcipomyia 330 13
Gampsohelea 2
Herakleohelea 1
Ixodehelea 1
Japygahelea 1
Kattangomyia 2
Lasiohelea 183 3
Lepidohelea 86 4
Metaforcipomyia 36
Microhelea 105
Nicothohelea 1
Oreinohelea 1
Oxyria 1
Panhelea 2
Pedilohelea 19
Phytohelea 26 1
Pterobosca 23
Rhinohelea 2
Rhynchoforcipomyia 8
Saliohelea 14
Schineromyia 1
Schizoforcipomyia 13
Sinicohelea 1
Synthyridomyia 25 1
Thyridomyia 47
Trichohelea 58 3
Trithicomyia 1
Typhonomyia 1
Warmkea 14
unplaced 5 1
Ceratopogoninae Culicoidini Culicoides 1373 54 1427 45
Amossovia 12
Anilomyia 20
Avaritia 106
Beltranmyia 51
Chairopogon 1
Cotocripus 6
Culicoides 67
Diphaomyia 25
Drymodesmyia 26
Fastus 12
Glaphiromyia 3
Groganomyia 1
Haemophoructus 16
Haematomyidium 41
Hoffmania 85
Jilinocoides 6
Macfiella 2
Marksomyia 6
Mataemyia 19
Meijerehelea 12
Monoculicoides 25
Nullicella 1
Oecacta 152
Pontoculicoides 14
Psychophaena 2
Remmia 8
Selfia 8
Sensiculicoides 38
Silvaticulicoides 13
Sinocoides 9
Synhelea 32
Trithecoides 64
Tokunagahelea 3
Wirthomyia 8
in species groups 348
miscellaneous 131 54
Paradasyhelea 11 11
Washingtonheleini Washingtonhelea 1 1
* Nelohelea 1 1
Ceratopogonini Afrohelea 1 1
Afrostilobezzia 2 2
Agilihelea 1 1
Allohelea 63 63
Alluaudomyia 206 1 207 3
Ankylohelea 1 1
Austrohelea 9 9
Baeodasymyia 5 1 6
Baeohelea 1 1
Boreohelea 1 1 1
Borkenthelea 4 4
Bothahelea 3 3
Bothamia 1 1
* Brachycretacea 1 1
Brachypogon 204 10 214 1
Brachypogon 112 5
Isohelea 85 5
Sarissohelea 5
unplaced 2
Cacaohelea 4 4
Calcarhelea 1 1
Camptopterohelea 5 1 6
Capehelea 1 1
Ceratoculicoides 9 1 10 1
Ceratohelea 2 2
Ceratopogon 44 20 64
Congohelea 1 1
Downeshelea 60 60
* Eohelea 8 8
Fanthamia 14 14
* Fossihelea 2 2
* Gedanohelea 6 6
Heterohelea 1 1
Isthmohelea 1 1
Kolenohelea 19 19
Leptohelea 1 1
Luciamyia 1 1
Macrurohelea 20 20
Metacanthohelea 1 1
* Mantohelea 3 3
* Monogedania 1 1
Monohelea 99 99
Nannohelea 4 2 6
Neohelea 1 1
Notiohelea 2 2
Notoceratopogon 4 4
* Palaeobrachypogon 6 6
Parastilobezzia 1 1
* Peronehelea 3 3
Pseudostilobezzia 3 3
Rhynchohelea 1 1
Schizohelea 9 1 10
Schizonyxhelea 16 16
Serromyia 38 8 46
Sinhalohelea 3 3
Stilobezzia 352 10 362
Acanthohelea 176 6
Debenhamia 2
Eukraiohelea 14
Stilobezzia s. str. 160 1
unplaced 0 3
Stiloculicoides 6 6
* Wirthohelea 1 1
Parabezziini Bahiahelea 1 1
Diaphanobezzia 4 4
Fittkauhelea 1 1
Parabezzia 45 45
Spinellihelea 1 1
Yungahelea 1 1
Neurobezziini Atyphohelea 1 1 2
Ceratopalpomyia 1 1 2
Meunierohelea 1 9 10
Neurobezzia 3 3
Echinoheleini Echinohelea 27 27
Echinohelea 26
Echinoideshelea 1
Heteromyiini Clinohelea 39 39 1
Ceratobezzia 1
Clinohelea s. str. 38
Heteromyia 13 1 14
Metahelea 2 1 3
Neurohelea 1 1
Pellucidomyia 9 9
Physohelea 2 1 3
Tetrabezzia 7 7
Hebetulini Hebetula 22 22
Johannsenomyiini Anebomyia 9 9
Austrosphaeromias 4 4
Calyptopogon 6 6
Crispomyia 2 2
Dibezzia 5 5
Groganhelea 1 1
Jenkinshelea 20 20
Johannsenomyia 28 28
Lanatomyia 3 3
Lanehelea 2 2
Mackerrasomyia 8 8
Macropeza 22 22
Mallochohelea 44 1 45
Neobezzia 8 8
Neosphaeromias 4 4
Nilobezzia 75 75
Niphanohelea 1 1
Probezzia 28 28
Sphaeromiini s. str. Alloimyia 1 1
Chelohelea 1 1
Homohelea 19 19
Indobezzia 2 2
Leehelea 9 9
Sphaerohelea 1 1
Sphaeromias 31 31
Xenohelea 14 14
Palpomyiini Amerohelea 14 14
Bezzia 330 2 332 2
Clastrieromyia 4 4
Pachyhelea 2 2
Palpomyia 274 11 285 2
Phaenobezzia 34 1 35 2
Wannohelea 1 1
Stenoxenini Paryphoconus 42 42
Stenoxenus 21 21
Unplaced genera * Adelohelea 3 3
* Alautunmyia 1 1
* Archiculicoides 3 3
* Gerontodacus 4 4
* Heleageron 2 2
* Protoculicoides 2 2
suprageneric 40
Total 6346 303 6650 189
Total Number of Extant Genera—107
Total Number of Fossil Genera—23
Total Number of Genera—130
persistent identifier: http://table.plazi.org/id/71A668B7FFD8FF91FF2D84E0CAB901B8
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15389059
Published as part of Borkent, Art, Evenhuis, Neal L., Dominiak, Patrycja (2025). The World Catalog of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): Additional Updates and Errata. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 245-268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.2 on pages 251-256