Atrichopogon

Atrichopogon
Atrichopogon sp. on Oedemera virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Culicomorpha
Superfamily:	Chironomoidea
Family:	Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily:	Forcipomyiinae
Genus:	Atrichopogon Kieffer, 1906
Species
See list

Atrichopogon is a genus of biting midges, small flies in the family Ceratopogonidae.

Some Atrichopogon (and Forcipomyia) species are ectoparasites on larger insects.

References

• Borkent, A. 2011: World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
• Felippe-Bauer, M.L. et al. 2012: Two new species of Atrichopogon Kieffer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3566: 39–50.
• Huerta, H. 2008: Description of a new species of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Neotropical Mexico. Russian entomological journal, 17(1): 73-74.
• Huerta, H.; Dzul, F. 2012: Two new species of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 3557: 20–30.
• Marino, P.I.; Tóthová, A.; Spinelli, G.R. 2011: Two new Patagonian species of Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, 2777: 61–68.
• Spinelli, G.R.; Marino, P.I. 2007: A new Neotropical species of Atrichopogon Kieffer, and a redescription of A. casali Cavalieri & Chiossone (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Studies on Neotropical fauna and environment, 42(3): 203-209, doi:10.1080/01650520601136912
• Spinelli, G.R., Marino, P.I. & Huerta, H. 2015. Revision of the Neotropical species of the subgenus Atrichopogon (Psilokempia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4003 (1): 1–64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4003.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-769-0 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-770-6 (Online edition)
• Szadziewski, R. 2001: European Atrichopogon of the subgenus Psilokempia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polish journal of entomology, 70: 359-374.
• Szadziewski, R.; Dominiak, P. 2009: Biting midges of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) described by Kieffer from Taiwan. Zootaxa, 2239: 45-54.
• Tóthová, A.; Spinelli, G.R.; Marino, P.I. 2009: A new Nearctic species of Atrichopogon (Meleohelea) and a redescription of Atrichopogon (M.) chilensis Ingram & Macfie (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, 2023: 47-54
• Huang, E.; Cai, H.; Yang, A.; Lin, D.; Wang, G.; Yu, Y. 2009: Two new species of Atrichopogon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from China. Oriental insects, 43: 365-367
• Wirth, W.W. & N.C. Ratanaworabhan, 1992: Two new oriental species of Atrichopogon related to A. jacobsoni (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Oriental Insects 26 (1): 265-274, doi:10.1080/00305316.1992.10432254
• Yan, G.; Zhang, Y.; Yu, Y.-X. 1995: Five new species of the genus Atrichopogon from Tibet, China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Contributions to epidemiology, 1: 96-103.
• Yu, Y-x. et al. 2005: Ceratopogonidae of China: Insecta, Diptera. Volume I. Military Medical Science Press, Beijing. ISBN 7801216873
• Yu, Y-x.; Yan, G. 2010: Two new species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Sichuan journal of zoology, 29(2): 200-202.

External links

• Media related to Atrichopogon at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Atrichopogon at Wikispecies