Ceratopogonidae

Synonyms

Biting Midge

Biting Midges

Culicoide

Culicoides

Leptoconop

Leptoconops

Midge, Biting

Midges, Biting

A family of biting midges, in the order DIPTERA. It includes the genus Culicoides which transmits filarial parasites pathogenic to man and other primates.