Culicoidini
| Culicoidini | |
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| Culicoides sonorensis after blood meal | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae |
| Tribe: | Culicoidini |
| Genera | |
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Several, see text |
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Several, see text
The Culicoidini is a tribe of biting midges (punkies, no-see-ums).
Genera include:
It is not quite clear which taxa should be considered full genera, and which ones mere subgenera and included in Culicoides.
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