Genus Atrichopogon Kieffer, 1906

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• Atrichopogon Kieffer, J.J. 1906. Diptera. Fam. Chironomidae. Genera Insectorum 42: 1-78 [53] [originally introduced as a subgenus of Ceratopogon Meigen, 1803].

  Type species:

   Ceratopogon exilis Coquillett, 1910 by subsequent designation, see Coquillett, D.W. 1910. The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37(=No. 1719): 499-647 [512]; Johannsen, O.A. 1943. A generic synopsis of the Ceratopogonidae (Heleidae) of the Americas, a bibliography, and a list of the North American species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 763—791 [776] (type species synonymy) (= Ceratopogon levis Coquillett, 1910).
• Kempia Kieffer, J.J. 1913. Nouvelle étude sur les chironomides de l'Indian Museum de Calcutta. Records of the Indian Museum 9: 119-197 [162, 179] [as subgenus of Dasyhelea].

  Type species:

   Dasyhelea calcuttensis Wirth, 1952 by original designation, see Wirth, W.W. 1952. The Heleidae of California. University of California Publications in Entomology 9: 95-266 [117].
• Gymnohelea Kieffer, J.J. 1921. Sur quelques diptères piqueurs de la tribu des Ceratopogoninae. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d' Afrique Nord 1: 107-115 [published June] [115].

  Type species:

   Kempia longiserrus Wirth, 1973 by original designation, see Wirth, W.W. 1973. Family Ceratopogonidae (Heleidae). pp. 346-388 in Delfinado, M.D & Hardy, D.E. (eds). A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Volume 1. Suborder Nematocera. Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii Vol. 1 618 pp. [348].
• Dolichohelea Edwards, 1929.

  Type species:

   Dolichohelea polita Edwards, 1929 by monotypy.
• Lophomyidium Cordero, E. H. 1929. Contribucion al estudio de los Dipteros del Uruguay. I. Lophomyidium uruguayense n. gen., n. sp. Nueva Ceratopogoninai hematofaga. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 3: 93-108.

  Type species:

   Lophomyidium uruguayense Cordero, 1929 by original designation.
• Psilokempia Enderlein, G. 1936. 22. Ordnung: Zweiflügler, Diptera. Abt. 16. pp. 1-259 in Brohmer, P., Erhmann, P. & Ulmer, G. (eds). Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas.Vol. 6: Insekten. Leipzig : publisher unknown Vol. III. [49].

  Type species:

   Kempia appendiculata Goetghebuer, 1920 by monotypy.
• Meloehelea Wirth, 1956 [as subgenus of Atrichopogon].

  Type species:

   Atrichopogon meloesugans Kieffer (= Atrichopogon winnertzi Goetghebuer) by original designation.
• Psammopogon Remm, 1979 [as subgenus of Atrichopogon].

  Type species:

   Atrichopogon trifasciata Kieffer (= Atrichopogon flavolineatus Strobl) by original designation.
• Rostropogon Remm, 1979 [as subgenus of Atrichopogon].

  Type species:

   Ceratopogon rostratus Winnertz by original designation.
• Impensukempia Yu, 2001 [as subgenus of Atrichopogon].

  Type species:

   Atrichopogon impensus Yu, 2001 by original designation.
• Bessamyia Yu, Y.-X., Liu, J.-H., Liu, G.-P., Liu, Z.-J., Hao, B.-S., Yan, G. & Zhao, T.-S. 2006. Ceratopogonidae of China, Insecta, Diptera. Military Medical Science Press, Beijing 1-2: 1699 pp. [in Chinese] [355] [as subgenus of Atrichopogon].

  Type species:

   Atrichopogon bessa Yu & Yan by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borkent, A. 2011. World Species of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). www.inhs.uiuc.edu/research/FLYTREE/CeratopogonidaeCatalog.pdf [16]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Johannsen, O.A. 1943. A generic synopsis of the Ceratopogonidae (Heleidae) of the Americas, a bibliography, and a list of the North American species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 763—791 [777] (full generic status)

Wirth, W.W. 1952. The Heleidae of California. University of California Publications in Entomology 9: 95-266 [117] (extralimital synonyms)

 

History of changes

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