Ceratopogoninae

Ceratopogoninae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Chironomoidea
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily: Ceratopogoninae
Tribes

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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