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Checklist of the family Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Finland
expand article infoLarry Huldén‡, Lena Hulden§
‡ University of Helsinki, Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland
§ University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Corresponding author: Larry Huldén ( larry.hulden@helsinki.fi )

Academic editor: Jere Kahanpää
© 2014 Larry Huldén, Lena Hulden.
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Citation: Huldén L, Hulden L (2014) Checklist of the family Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Finland. In: Kahanpaa J, Salmela J (Eds) Checklist of the Diptera of Finland. ZooKeys 441: 53-61. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.441.7742
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Abstract

A checklist of the family Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland is provided.

Keywords

Checklist, Finland, Diptera , Ceratopogonidae

Introduction

The biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) have only occasionally been studied by Finnish entomologists. Most notable are the studies by Lundström (1910, 1916), Munsterhjelm (1920), Storå (1939) and Hämäläinen (1988). The last mentioned reference is not published in print but included because the determinations have been checked by Peter Havelka. Other species reports were given by Frey (1918), Forsius (1924), Krogerus (1960), Meinander (1977) and Hildén et al. (2010). A considerable part of the species information has been contributed by foreign specialists, Edwards (1924), Clastrier (1961, 1991), Delecolle et al. (1983), Borkent and Bissett (1990), Szadziewski (2001), Ashe et al. (2007), Dominiak et al. (2007), Dominiak and Szadziewski (2010) and Dominiak (2012).

A World Catalogue of Ceratopogonidae is maintained by Art Borkent (2014), updated Jan. 20, 2014.

Number of species:

World: 6180 extant species + 274 fossil species (Borkent 2014)

Europe: 567 species (Fauna Europaea, Szadzievski, Borkent and Dominiak 2014)

Finland: 97 species

Faunistic knowledge level in Finland: medium

Checklist

suborder Nematocera Dumeril, 1805

infraorder Culicomorpha Hennig, 1948

superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834

CERATOPOGONIDAE Newman, 1834

FORCIPOMYIINAE Lenz, 1934

ATRICHOPOGON Kieffer, 1906

sg. Atrichopogon Kieffer, 1906

Atrichopogon brunnipes (Meigen, 1804)

Atrichopogon fuscus (Meigen, 1804)

= fossicola (Kieffer, 1922)

Atrichopogon longicalcar Remm, 1961

Atrichopogon minutus (Meigen, 1830)

Atrichopogon pavidus (Winnertz, 1852)

sg. Meloehelea Wirth, 1956

Atrichopogon lucorum (Meigen, 1818)

Atrichopogon meloesugans Kieffer, 1922

= winnertzi auct. nec Goetghebuer, 1922

Atrichopogon oedemerarum Storå, 1939

sg. Psilokempia Enderlein, 1936

Atrichopogon appendiculatus (Goetghebuer, 1920)

Atrichopogon forcipatus (Winnertz, 1852)

Atrichopogon maculatus (Lundström, 1910)

= minutus var. maculatus Lundström, 1910

Atrichopogon rostratus (Winnertz, 1852)

FORCIPOMYIA Meigen, 1818

sg. Caloforcipomyia Saunders, 1957

Forcipomyia glauca Macfie, 1934

sg. Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818

Forcipomyia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Forcipomyia ciliata (Winnertz, 1852)

Forcipomyia costata (Zetterstedt, 1838)

= picea (Winnertz, 1852)

Forcipomyia kaltenbachi (Winnertz, 1852)

Forcipomyia myrmecophila (Egger, 1863)

Forcipomyia nigra (Winnertz, 1852)

sg. Microhelea Kieffer, 1917

Forcipomyia fuliginosa (Meigen, 1818)

= brevimana (Lundström, 1910)

sg. Thyridomyia Saunders, 1925

Forcipomyia monilicornis (Coquillett, 1905)

= hirta (Lundström, 1910)

sg. Trichohelea Goetghebuer, 1920

Forcipomyia eques (Johanssen, 1908)

DASYHELEINAE Lenz, 1934

DASYHELEA Kieffer, 1911

sg. Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911

Dasyhelea bensoni Edwards, 1933

= vernalis Remm, 1979

Dasyhelea bilineata Goetghebuer, 1920

= saxicola (Edwards, 1929)

= obscura auct. nec (Winnertz, 1852)

= versicolor auct. nec (Winnertz, 1852)

Dasyhelea pallidiventris (Goetghebuer, 1931)

sg. Dicryptoscena Enderlein, 1936

Dasyhelea modesta (Winnertz, 1852)

= aestiva (Winnertz, 1852)

= longipalpis Kieffer, 1913

Dasyhelea notata Goetghebuer, 1920

sg. Pseudoculicoides Malloch, 1915

Dasyhelea corinneae Gosseries, 1991

= scutellata (Meigen, 1830), preocc.

Dasyhelea flavoscutellata (Zetterstedt, 1850)

= egens (Winnertz, 1852)

sg. Sebessia Remm, 1979

Dasyhelea holosericea (Meigen, 1804)

CERATOPOGONINAE Newman 1834

tribe Culicoidini Kieffer, 1911

Culicoides Latreille, 1809

Culicoides achrayi Kettle & Lawson, 1955

Culicoides albicans (Winnertz, 1852)

= vexans auct. nec (Staeger, 1839)

Culicoides chiopterus (Meigen, 1830)

Culicoides circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918

Culicoides dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936

Culicoides fascipennis (Staeger 1839)

Culicoides festivipennis Kieffer, 1914

= odiblis Austen, 1921

Culicoides grisescens Edwards, 1939

Culicoides impunctatus Goetghebuer, 1920

Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga 1937

= cubitalis Edwards in Edwards et al. 1939

Culicoides nubeculosus (Meigen, 1830)

Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen, 1818)

= varius (Winnertz, 1852)

Culicoides pallidicornis (Kieffer 1919)

Culicoides pictipennis (Staeger, 1839)

Culicoides pseudoheliophilus Callot & Kremer, 1961

Culicoides pulicaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Culicoides punctatus (Meigen, 1804)

Culicoides riethi Kieffer, 1914

Culicoides riouxi Callot & Kremer, 1961

Culicoides salinarius Kieffer, 1914

Culicoides scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952

Culicoides segnis Campbell & Pelham-Clinton 1960

Culicoides sphagnumensis Williams, 1955

= carjalaensis Glukhova, 1957

Culicoides stigma (Meigen, 1818)

Culicoides subfasciipennis Kieffer, 1919

tribe Ceratopogonini Newman, 1834

ALLUAUDOMYIA Kieffer, 1913

Alluaudomyia needhami Thomsen, 1935

= pentaspila Remm & Glukhova, 1971

Alluaudomyia quadripunctata (Goetghebuer, 1934)

BRACHYPOGON Kieffer, 1899

sg. Isohelea Kieffer, 1917

Brachypogon aquilonalis (Clastrier, 1961)

Brachypogon hyperboreus (Clastrier 1961)

Brachypogon incompletus (Kieffer, 1925)

= lapiae Clastrier, 1961

Brachypogon nitidulus (Edwards, 1921)

= finniae Clastrier, 1961

Brachypogon sociabilis (Goetghebuer, 1920)

CERATOPOGON Meigen, 1800

Ceratopogon lacteipennis Zetterstedt, 1838

Ceratopogon niveipennis Meigen, 1818

= candidatus Winnertz, 1852

SCHIZOHELEA Kieffer, 1917

Schizohelea leucopeza (Meigen, 1804)

= copiosa Winnertz, 1852

= xanthopeza (Clastrier, 1963)

SERROMYIA Meigen, 1818

Serromyia atra (Meigen, 1818)

Serromyia femorata (Meigen, 1804)

Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919

tribe Heteromyiini Wirth, 1962

CLINOHELEA Kieffer, 1917

Clinohelea unimaculata (Macquart, 1826)

= variegata (Winnertz, 1852)

tribe Sphaeromiini Newman 1834

MALLOCHOHELEA Wirth, 1962

Mallochohelea inermis (Kieffer, 1909)

Mallochohelea munda (Loew, 1864)

= dentata (Kieffer, 1909)

Mallochohelea nitida (Macquart, 1826)

Mallochohelea setigera (Loew, 1864)

Mallochohelea vernalis Remm, 1965

PROBEZZIA Kieffer, 1906

= Dicrobezzia Kieffer, 1919

Probezzia concinna (Meigen, 1818)

= venusta v. concinna (Meigen, 1818)

Probezzia seminigra (Panzer, 1798)

= venusta (Meigen, 1818)

= borealis (Clastrier, 1962)

SPHAEROMIAS Curtis, 1829

Sphaeromias fasciatus (Meigen, 1804)

Sphaeromias pictus (Meigen, 1818)

= candidatus (Loew, 1856) preocc.

tribe Palpomyiini Enderlein, 1936

BEZZIA Kieffer, 1899

Bezzia annulipes (Meigen, 1830)

Bezzia bicolor (Meigen, 1804)

Bezzia circumdata (Staeger, 1839)

= solstitialis (Winnertz, 1852)

Bezzia coracina (Zetterstedt, 1850)

= albipes (Winnertz, 1852)

Bezzia fascispinosa Clastrier, 1962

Bezzia flavicornis (Staeger, 1839)

= flavipalpis (Winnertz, 1852)

Bezzia fuscifemoris Remm, 1971

Bezzia leucogaster (Zetterstedt, 1850)

= xanthocephala Goetghebuer, 1911

Bezzia nigritula (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Bezzia nobilis (Winnertz, 1852)

= leucogaster var. punctata Lundström, 1910

Bezzia winnertziana Kieffer, 1919

= gracilis (Winnertz, 1852) nec Haliday, 1833

PALPOMYIA Meigen, 1818

Palpomyia armipes (Meigen, 1838)

= rufipecta (Winnertz, 1852)

Palpomyia distincta (Haliday, 1833)

Palpomyia flavipes (Meigen, 1804)

= hortulana Meigen, 1818

Palpomyia flavitarsis (Meigen, 1838)

Palpomyia lineata (Meigen, 1804)

= stagnalis Clastrier, 1962

Palpomyia lundstroemi Remm, 1981

= bispinosa Lundström, 1916, preocc.

Palpomyia serripes (Meigen, 1818)

= transfuga (Staeger, 1839)

Palpomyia tibialis (Meigen, 1818)

Notes

Atrichopogon meloesugans Kieffer, 1922. This species was restored from synonymy with A. winnertzi Goetghebuer, 1922 by Szadziewski et al. (2007).

Dasyhelea modesta (Winnertz, 1852). Old records reported before 1988 of this species (as D. aestiva (Winnertz, 1852) or D. longipalpis (Winnertz, 1852)) are questionable according to Dominiak and Szadziewski (2010). Records by Hämäläinen (1988) are valid.

Ceratopogon neglectus Winnertz, 1852. Reported by Lundström (1910) as Culicoides neglectus from Finland. Szadziewski (1984) transferred it to Dasyhelea. Remm (1988) considered it a doubtful Ceratopogonidae. Because the type specimen is lost and the original description is insufficient it is considered nomen dubium by Dominiak and Szadziewski (2010). The species is removed from the Finnish list.

Culicoides vexans (Staeger, 1839). Reported from Finland by Lundström (1910) who listed Culicoides albicans as a probable synonym. C. vexans was omitted in Frey and Storå (1941) and Havelka (1978) but included in Hackman (1980) and Szadziewski et al. (1997) (citing Hackman). According to Delecolle et al. (1983) Lundström’s C. vexans represents C. albicans. C. albicans is included in the Finnish list and C. vexans is removed from the Finnish fauna.

Culicoides reconditus (Campbell & Pelham-Clinton, 1960) and C. riouxi Callot & Kremer, 1961. C. riouxi was treated as a synonym of C. reconditus in Borkent and Wirth (1997) but restored from synonymy in Borkent (2012). Delecolle et al. (1983) reported C. riouxi as a valid species from Finland (N: Tvärminne). The record of C. reconditus by Hämäläinen (1988) from Finland (Ta: Riihimäki) was checked by Havelka but because he considered C. riouxi and C. reconditus synonyms the identity of Hämäläinen’s record remains unclear (see Havelka and Aquilar 1999 and Huldén et al. 2008 in accordance with Borkent and Wirth 1997). As a consequence C. reconditus is not included in the Finnish list.

Culicoides salinarius Kieffer, 1914. According to Delecolle et al. (1983) this species is indistinguishable from C. manchuriensis Tokunaga, 1941 which is reported from Russian Karelia by Glukhova (1957).

Probezzia concinna (Meigen, 1818). The record listed by Krogerus (1960) from Kuusamo district (by mistake as ‘coracina’) is tentatively interpreted to be in the same locality in Finland as Probezzia seminigra, Kuusamo: Isosuo (Storå 1937). P. concinna was listed as a variety of P. seminigra in Frey and Storå (1941). Storå obviously identified both taxa. The species is here interpreted as a Finnish species.

Palpomyia flavipennis Meigen, 1804. Misspelled species name for P. flavipes (Frey and Storå 1941).

Palpomyia aterrima Goetghebuer, 1921. The record listed by Krogerus (1960) from Kuusamo district is from the Russian part according to locality data in Storå (1939). Not recorded in Finland.

Palpomyia spinipes (Meigen) in Panzer, 1806. The record listed by Krogerus (1960) from Kuusamo district is from the Russian part according to the bog type information. Not recorded in Finland.

Acknowledgements

Art Borkent (Canada) and Patrycja Dominiak (Poland) for corrections and updated faunistic information on species.

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