Ceratopogoninae
| Ceratopogoninae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | |
| Infraorder: | Culicomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chironomoidea |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae |
| Tribes | |
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Ceratopogonini |
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Ceratopogonini
Culicoidini
Heteromyiini
Palpomyiini
Sphaeromiini
Stenoxenini
The Ceratopogoninae are a subfamily of biting midges. The larvae are elongated without prolegs or hooks. Most larvae of this subfamily are predatory. Adults generally take vertebrate blood or attack other insects.
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