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Go to A/O Catalog Home Page 25. Family CERATOPOGONIDAE
[Originally] by Margaret L. Debenham

Ceratopogonidae, or biting midges (erroneously called sand flies in coastal Australia), are small, rather stout, compact flies ranging in length from ca. 1 to 6 mm. Approximately 4,000 species are known in 5 subfamilies and ca. 76 genera; all 5 subfamilies and nearly half of the genera (comprising ca. 750 species) are recorded from the Australasian/Oceanian Regions.

The subfamily Leptoconopinae is morphologically distinctive and is sometimes given family rank (Zilahi-Sebess 1960, Krivosheina 1969, Remm 1988). Larvae of this subfamily burrow in clean, moist sand or soil in littoral, subcoastal, and inland stream habitats. In other subfamilies larval habitats are diverse (those of Austroconopinae are unknown) with preferred food being plant and soil detritus, fungi, algae, or small organisms. Their habitats include moss, damp rotting timber, tree sap flows, decaying vegetation, animal dung, partially sub­merged wet wood or stones in streams and bogs, tree holes, sand or mud on freshwater mar­gins, wet soil in bogs or swamps, brackish coastal marshes (esp. mangrove communities), rice fields, floating algal mats and, particularly in the tropics, axils of water-holding plants. Larvae of the Forcipomyiinae generally occur in more terrestrial habitats and the Ceratopogoninae favor semiaquatic environments, but representatives of both subfamilies have been recorded from virtually the entire range of habitats. Species of the subfamily Dasyheleinae often occur in physically restricted environments: small rock pools, tree holes, and tree sap.

Food sources of adult Ceratopogonidae are varied. Both sexes obtain nectar from flow­ers, and some of the smaller, hairy species (especially Forcipomyia spp.) are important pollina­tors of some commercial crops, notably cacao and Hevea rubber. Females usually require a protein-rich meal for egg maturation. In Forcipomyiinae this may be the blood of large insects (living or dead) or vertebrates, or pollen sap. Leptoconopinae, Culicoides, and Austroconops use only vertebrate blood. Other Ceratopogoninae feed on small insects captured in flight [usually males taken from a mating swarm (Downes 1977)]. A number of species are able to mature the first batch of eggs without a protein meal, but Dasyheleinae and some species of Forcipomyiinae and Culicoidini are fully autogenous and have lost functional mandibles.
          

Culicoides and Leptoconops are often severe pests of humans in coastal resort areas of northern and eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands. There is no known involvement of Ceratopogonidae in human disease transmission in the Australasian/Oceanian Regions, but elsewhere some species are vectors of human parasites or viruses. In Africa and the Americas Culicoides spp. transmit human filarial parasites of the genus Mansonella Faust. In Trinidad and Amazonian Brazil Culicoides paraensis (Goeldi) is a vector of Oropouche virus (Simbu group) [see Linley et al. (1983) for a detailed review of the role of biting midges in human health].

Two subgenera of Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea, Dacnoforcipomyia) take vertebrate blood and are occasional pests of humans, but Lasiohelea is
mainly significant as a vector of stock parasites. Ottley & Moorhouse (1980) reported the labo­ratory transmission of Onchocerca gibsoni in cattle by F. (L.) townsvillensis in Queensland, and Ottley et al. (1983) suggested it was a vector of O. cervicalis in horses in northern Australia. In Europe and Asia these filariae are apparently transmitted by Culicoides species.

Two serotypes of bluetongue virus have been isolated from Culicoides species in the Northern Territory (St. George & Muller 1984), although there is no evidence that the disease is present. Culicoides brevitarsis has been implicated as a vector of Akabane and Aino viruses of calves in Australia (Coverdale et al. 1978). A number of viruses of no known pathology have been isolated from Australian Culicoides, principally C. brevitarsis and C. marksi (Muller et al. 1982). Riek (1954) demonstrated that an allergic dermatitis of horses, known in Australia as "Queensland itch," was produced by hypersensitivity to the bites of C. brevitarsis.

Taxonomic studies on this family from the regions covered here are extensive and too numerous to list in detail. Major contributions include those of Kieffer (1917a), Edwards (1928c), Ingram & Macfie (1931b), Macfie (1932-1946), Tokunaga (1940-1977), Lee (1948-1963), Lee & Reye (1953-1963), Tokunaga & Murachi (1959), Debenham (1970-1988), Debenham & Wirth (1984), and Borkent et al. (1987).

Immature stages have been described by Kettle & Elson (1975-1980) and Elson-Harris & Kettle (1985-1986).

Nontaxonomic studies of this family are sparse, most having been published after 1960. All published biological data for Australasian taxa are summarized in Debenham (1979).
Refs.: Wirth et al. (1974, key), Debenham (1979, cat., bibliogr.).

Subfamily AUSTROCONOPINAE
Genus AUSTROCONOPS Wirth & Lee

AUSTROCONOPS Wirth & Lee, 1959a: 337. Type species: Austroconops mcmillani Wirth & Lee, 1959, orig. des.
annettae Borkent & Craig, 2004: 44. Australia (WA).
mcmillani Wirth & Lee, 1959a: 337. Australia (WA).


Genus LEPTOCONOPS Skuse

LEPTOCONOPS Skuse, 1889e: 288. Type species: Leptoconops stygius Skuse, 1889, mon.

Subgenus LEPTOCONOPS Skuse

LEPTOCONOPS Skuse, 1889e: 288 (as gen.). Type species: Leptoconops stygius Skuse, 1889, mon.
MYCTEROTYPUS Noè, 1905: 114 (as gen.). Type species: Mycterotypus bezzii Noè, 1905, des. Carter, 1921b: 3.
bullsbrookensis Smee, 1966: 1008. Australia (WA).
bundyensis Smee, 1966: 1007. Australia (NSW).
endialis Smee, 1966: 1010. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld, WA).
grandis Carter, 1921b: 12. Australia (WA).
halophilus Smee, 1966: 1010. Australia (WA).
longicornis Carter, 1921b: 11. Australia (WA).
mackerrasae Smee, 1966: 1006. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, WA).
nivalis Smee, 1966: 1012. Australia (NSW).
obscurus Smee, 1966: 1014. Australia (NSW).
riverinaensis Smee, 1966: 1009. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW, Vic).
siamensis Carter, 1921b: 20. Thailand; Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Pen).
     maai Tokunaga, 1963a: 214. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
smeei Wirth & Atchley, 1973: 22 (n. n. for longipalpis Smee). Australia (WA).
     longipalpis Smee, 1966: 1007. Australia (WA). [Preocc. Kieffer, 1923.]
stygius Skuse, 1889e: 288. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, Vic).
woodhilli Lee, 1948a: 334. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld).

Subgenus STYLOCONOPS Kieffer

STYLOCONOPS Kieffer, 1921a: 107 (as gen.). Type species: Leptoconops albiventris de Meijere, 1915, orig. des.
ACANTHOCONOPS Carter, 1921b: 24 (as gen.). Type species: Acanthoconops spinosifrons Carter, 1921, orig. des.
albiventris de Meijere, 1915b: 98. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Australia (Qld), French Polynesia (Marquesas), PNG (Bismarck Arch, Bougainville I, PNG), Solomon Is.
     novaeguineae de Meijere, 1913c: xxxix (Mycterotypus). Nomen nudum.
     spinosipes Kieffer, 1917a: 190. PNG (PNG).
australiensis Lee, 1948a: 337 (Styloconops). Australia (NSW); widesp. Australia.
mooloolabaensis Smee, 1966: 1021 (Styloconops). Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, Vic).
myersi Tonnoir, 1924a: 443 (Acanthoconops). NZ (NZ).
pseudosetosifrons Smee, 1966: 1023 (Styloconops). Australia (NT).
setosifrons Smee, 1966: 1022 (Styloconops). Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).

 

Subfamily FORCIPOMYIINAE
Genus ATRICHOPOGON Kieffer

ATRICHOPOGON Kieffer, 1906: 53 (Ceratopogon subg.). Type species: Ceratopogon exilis Coquillett, 1902 [= Ceratopogon levis Coquillett, 1901], des. Coquillett, 1910: 512.
KEMPIA Kieffer, 1913d: 162, 179 (Dasyhelea subg.). Type species: Dasyhelea calcuttensis Kieffer, 1913, des. Wirth, 1952a: 117.
abrasus Edwards, 1928c: 52. Western Samoa.
annulifemoratus Tokunaga, 1959: 190. PNG (PNG).
arciforceps Tokunaga, 1941: 110. Micronesia; Belau.
armaticaudalis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 131. Micronesia; Belau, Guam, PNG (PNG).
armatilabrum Clastrier, 1988: 211. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
atratus Kieffer, 1917a: 184. Australia (NSW).
       var. rufiventris Kieffer, 1917a: 184. Australia (NSW).
atroscutellatus Edwards, 1928c: 53. Western Samoa.
australis Clastrier, 1988: 200. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
bellicosus Debenham, 1973: 74. PNG (PNG).
bifasciatus Kieffer, 1917a: 181. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
biroi Kieffer, 1917a: 182. PNG (PNG).
brevicornis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 138. Belau.
chazeaui Clastrier, 1988: 199. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
clavator Debenham, 1973: 73. PNG (PNG).
coracinus Kieffer, 1917a: 184. Australia (NSW).
fenestriscutum Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 125. Micronesia; Belau.
fitzroyi Macfie, 1932a: 34. NZ (NZ).
flavenicruris Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 135. Micronesia.
flavitergum Tokunaga, 1959: 187. PNG (PNG).
fulviscutellaris Tokunaga, 1959: 192. PNG (PNG).
gressitti Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 137. Micronesia.
greyi Macfie, 1932a: 35. NZ (NZ).
hobsoni Macfie, 1932a: 32. NZ (NZ).
hystricoides Debenham, 1973: 71. PNG (PNG).
insigniunguis Clastrier, 1988: 198. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
jacobsoni de Meijere, 1907: 212 (Ceratopogon). Indonesia (Java); American Samoa, Belau, Fiji, French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society Is), Guam, Hawaiian Is, Micronesia, New Caledonia (New Caledonia), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG), Tonga, Western Samoa; widesp. Oriental Reg.
     immaculatus Kieffer, 1917a: 181. PNG (PNG).
     cavernarum Edwards, 1924a: 107. India.
     rarus Johannsen, 1946: 188. Guam.
lacustris Clastrier, 1988: 203. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
longicalcaris Tokunaga, 1959: 182. PNG (PNG): Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
mastersi Skuse, 1889e: 297 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
matilei Clastrier, 1988: 204. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
neocaledoniensis Clastrier, 1988: 205. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
nigribasalis Tokunaga, 1959: 180. PNG (PNG).
nigrithoracius Tokunaga, 1959: 188. PNG (PNG).
nigrithorax Clastrier, 1988: 208. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
novaguinensis Tokunaga, 1959: 202. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
obscuripes Macfie, 1933b: 77. French Polynesia (Society Is); ?Indonesia.
ornatithorax Clastrier, 1988: 208. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
pacificus Clastrier, 1988: 218. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
pallidipedis Tokunaga, 1959: 194. "Neth. New Guinea", error [= PNG (PNG)].
poguei Clastrier, 1988: 201. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
pullatus Macfie, 1933a: 95. French Polynesia (Marquesas).
quateriharpagonum Tokunaga, 1959: 198. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
raripilipennis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 123. Belau.
rhynchops Schiner, 1868: 26 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
rubidus Macfie, 1933a: 97. French Polynesia (Marquesas).
sessilis Kieffer, 1917a: 183. PNG (PNG).
setosicubitus Clastrier, 1988: 210. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
shortlandi Macfie, 1932a: 33. NZ (NZ).
simplicifurcatus Tokunaga, 1959: 201. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
snyderi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 117. Bonin Is.
spinicaudalis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 129. Belau.
sulfuratus Debenham, 1989: 229 (n.n. for flaveolum Tokunaga). PNG (PNG).
     flaveolum Tokunaga, 1959: 185. PNG (PNG). [Preocc. Zilahi-Sebess, 1936.]
tenuiatus Tokunaga, 1959: 200. PNG (PNG).
tridentistylus Tokunaga, 1959: 184. PNG (PNG).
umbrosus Macfie, 1933a: 97. French Polynesia (Marquesas).
vepres Debenham, 1973: 73. Australia (Qld); ?PNG (PNG).
vestitipennis Kieffer, 1917a: 183. PNG (PNG); ?NZ (NZ).
vittatus Tokunaga, 1959: 196. PNG (PNG).
wallisensis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1996: 291. Wallis & Futuna.

Genus FORCIPOMYIA Meigen

FORCIPOMYIA Meigen, 1818: 73, 75. Type species: Tipula bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767, des. Westwood, 1840: 126 (for Labidomyia Stephens). [Generic name originally published in synonymy with Ceratopogon, but available under I.C.Z.N. Code Art. 11.6.1.]
LABIDOMYIA Stephens, 1829a: 52 [1829b: 239] (unnec. n. n. for Forcipomyia).

Subgenus BASSOFORCIPOMYIA Debenham

BASSOFORCIPOMYIA Debenham, 1987b: 172. Type species: Forcipomyia centurio Debenham, 1987, orig. des.
centurio Debenham, 1987b: 173. Australia (Tas).
incus Debenham, 1987b: 175. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT).

Subgenus BLANTONIA Wirth & Dow

BLANTONIA Wirth & Dow, 1971: 289. Type species: Forcipomyia caribbea Wirth & Dow, 1971, orig. des.
testudo Debenham, 1987a: 64. Australia (Qld).

Subgenus CALOFORCIPOMYIA Saunders

CALOFORCIPOMYIA Saunders, 1957: 680. Type species: Forcipomyia caerulea Saunders, 1957, orig. des.
gibbus Debenham, 1987b: 180. Australia (Qld); PNG (PNG).
neocaledonicus Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 183. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
pennaticauda Debenham, 1987b: 183. PNG (PNG).
quokkae Debenham, 1987b: 179. Australia (WA).
squamianulipes Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 194. Belau; Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (PNG).
     squamiannulipes, error for squamianulipes.
swezeyi Edwards, 1928c: 50. American Samoa.
viridis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 179. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Subgenus COLLESSOHELEA Debenham

COLLESSOHELEA Debenham, 1987a: 60. Type species: Forcipomyia yungurara Debenham, 1987, orig. des.
yungurara Debenham, 1987a: 61. Australia (Qld); New Caledonia (New Caledonia), PNG (PNG).

Subgenus DACNOFORCIPOMYIA Chan & Saunders

DACNOFORCIPOMYIA Chan & Saunders, 1965: 527. Type species: Forcipomyia anabaenae Chan & Saunders, 1965, mon.
anabaenae Chan & Saunders, 1965: 528. Singapore; Australia (Qld), PNG (Bismarck Arch); Japan.

Subgenus DYCEA Debenham

DYCEA Debenham, 1987d: 666. Type species: Forcipomyia vespa Debenham, 1987, orig. des.
capax Debenham, 1987d: 670. Australia (NSW).
edgari Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 154. Northern Marianas; Bonin Is.
improbiserra Debenham, 1987d: 667. PNG (PNG).
pachyparamera Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 187. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
transversalis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 190. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
vespa Debenham, 1987d: 668. Australia (NSW).

Subgenus EUPROJOANNISIA Brèthes

EUPROJOANNISIA Brèthes, 1914: 155 (as gen.). Type species: Euprojoannisia platensis Brèthes, 1914, orig. des.
PROFORCIPOMYIA Saunders, 1957: 662. Type species: Forcipomyia wirthi Saunders, 1957, orig. des.
aequalis Skuse, 1889e: 294 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); Australia (NT, Qld), PNG (PNG).
antipodum Hudson, 1892: 45 (Ceratopogon). NZ (NZ).
     novaezelandiae Kieffer, 1922a: 145. NZ (NZ).
bellerophon Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 869. Australia (Qld).
bituberculifera Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 188. Belau; Micronesia.
calamistrata Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 862. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT), PNG (PNG).
deucalionis Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 875. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, WA).
dycei Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 871. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
fuscimanus Kieffer, 1921d: 559 (Ceratopogon). Taiwan; Australia (Qld), Belau, Marshall Is, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); Ryukyu Is.
galeata Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 878. Australia (Qld); Australia (ACT, NSW, NT, Vic).
hardyi Wirth & Howarth, 1982: 130. Hawaiian Is.
iaculum Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 883. PNG (PNG).
ingrami Carter--not Australasian/Oceanian.
kaneohe Wirth & Howarth, 1982: 141. Hawaiian Is.
palikuensis Hardy, 1960: 175. Hawaiian Is.
pholeter Wirth & Howarth, 1982: 139. Hawaiian Is.
sagittarius Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 880. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).
saltivaga Skuse, 1889e: 295 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Tas).
sauteri Kieffer, 1912d: 27. Taiwan; Australia (NSW, NT, Qld), Belau, Fiji, French Polynesia (Marquesas), Guam, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Marshall Is, Micronesia, New Caledonia (New Caledonia), Northern Marianas, PNG (Bismarck Arch, Bougainville I, PNG), Western Samoa; Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Pen), Philippines, Ryukyu Is, Singapore.
subnitida Skuse, 1889e: 299 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
vandiemeni Debenham & Wirth, 1984: 864. Australia (Tas).
yapensis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 185. Micronesia; Belau.


Subgenus FORCIPOHEALEA Clastrier & Delécolle

FORCIPOHELEA Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 195. Type species: Forcipomyia tillierorum Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991, orig. des.
tillierorum Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 197. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Subgenus FORCIPOMYIA Meigen

FORCIPOMYIA Meigen, 1818: 73, 75 (as gen.). Type species: Tipula bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767, des. Westwood, 1840: 126 (for Labidomyia Stephens). [Generic name originally published in synonymy with Ceratopogon, but available under I.C.Z.N. Code Art. 11.6.1.]
LABIDOMYIA Stephens, 1829a: 52 [1829b: 239] [as gen.; unnec. n. n. for Forcipomyia (as Forcipomyia Megerle)].
TETRAPHORA Philippi, 1865: 630 (as gen.). Type species: Tetraphora fusca Philippi, 1865, mon.
PROHELEA Kieffer, 1911d: 319. Type species: Ceratopogon decipiens Kieffer, 1910, des. Brunetti, 1920: 48.
adjecta Tokunaga, 1959: 284. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Australia (NSW, Qld), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).
albopunctata Skuse, 1889e: 293 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); widesp. Australia.
atricella Debenham, 1987c: 304. Australia (NSW).
charon Debenham, 1987c: 276. Australia (WA).
claggi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 150. Guam; Bonin Is.
contraria Debenham, 1987c: 307. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
cooki Macfie, 1932a: 28. NZ (NZ).
crassipalpis Debenham, 1987c: 303. Australia (NSW).
declivis Debenham, 1987c: 295. Australia (NSW).
desurvillei Macfie, 1932a: 28. NZ (NZ).
dissimilisClastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 200. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
episcopus Debenham, 1987c: 291. Australia (NSW).
fascicauda Tokunaga, 1940b: 62 (key) [1940e: 167]. Micronesia; ?Belau, ?Guam, ?Indonesia (Irian Jaya), ?Northern Marianas, ?PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).
flavipectoralis Tokunaga, 1959: 280. PNG (Bismarck Arch); PNG (PNG).
geniflava Tokunaga, 1959: 278. PNG (PNG).
guamensis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 166. Guam.
hygrophila Kieffer, 1925: 147. Estonia; Hawaiian Is [immigrant]; Holarctic Reg.
mira Johannsen, 1932a: 410. Indonesia (Java); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG)
palmarum Debenham, 1987c: 299. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
pardus Debenham, 1987c: 295. Australia (NSW).
parvicellula Ingram & Macfie, 1931b: 195. NZ (NZ).
pictiscutaris Tokunaga, 1959: 270. PNG (PNG).
punctipes Edwards, 1928c: 49. Western Samoa; Belau, Micronesia; Malaysia (Pen).
punctumalbum Kieffer, 1917a: 178 (Ceratopogon). PNG (PNG); Australia (Qld), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
quadriflava Tokunaga, 1959: 272. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
skusei Debenham, 1987c: 279. Australia (NSW): Australia (Qld).
spinuliforceps Tokunaga, 1959: 275. PNG (PNG).
squamitibialis Tokunaga, 1959: 269. PNG (PNG).
supplex Debenham, 1987c: 297. Australia (Qld).
swezeyana Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 145. Guam; Belau, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Northern Marianas, PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).
tapleyi Ingram & Macfie, 1931b: 196. NZ (NZ); NZ (Auckland Is).
tortor Debenham, 1987c: 286. Australia (NSW).
vexillarius Debenham, 1987c: 291. Australia (NSW).
wahgi Debenham, 1987c: 285. PNG (PNG).

Subgenus HERAKLEOHELEA Debenham

HERAKLEOHELEA Debenham, 1987a: 97. Type species: Forcipomyia grallator Debenham, 1987, orig. des.
grallator Debenham, 1987a: 97. Australia (NSW).

Subgenus KATTANGOMYIA Debenham

KATTANGOMYIA Debenham, 1987a: 98. Type species: Forcipomyia taurus Debenham, 1987, orig. des.
orbis Debenham, 1987a: 102. Australia (NSW).
taurus Debenham, 1987a: 101. Australia (NSW).

Subgenus LASIOHELEA Kieffer

LASIOHELEA Kieffer, 1921a: 115 (as gen.). Type species: Atrichopogon pilosipennis Kieffer, 1919 [= Ceratopogon velox Winnertz, 1852], orig. des.
aiyurae Debenham, 1983: 29. PNG (PNG).
ancoriformis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 226. Micronesia.
brevisicae Debenham, 1983: 26. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
caesariata Debenham, 1983: 8. Australia (Qld).
caledonica Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 132. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
carolinensis Tokunaga, 1940a: 208 (Lasiohelea). Micronesia; American Samoa, Belau, Fiji, Northern Marianas.
citowitschi Debenham, 1983: 17. Australia (Qld).
colum Debenham, 1983: 7. PNG (PNG).
crocea Debenham, 1983: 15. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Australia (Qld), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (PNG), Solomon Is.
cuculli Debenham, 1983: 34. Australia (Qld).
fenestrarum Debenham, 1983: 25. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
flaveola Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 136. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
hicksae Debenham, 1983: 30. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, NT).
incomposita Debenham, 1983: 20. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
infans Debenham, 1983: 28. Australia (Qld).
kamilaroi Debenham, 1983: 29. Australia (NSW).
magnispinosa Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 137. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
matautuensis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1996: 304. Wallis & Futuna.
iministra Debenham, 1983: 32. Australia (NT).
nemus Debenham, 1983: 19. Australia (Qld).
nhulunbuyensis Debenham, 1983: 32. Australia (NT).
paenedentula Debenham, 1983: 16. Australia (Qld).
parenthesis Debenham, 1983: 24. Australia (Qld).
perae Debenham, 1983: 23. Solomon Is.
peregrinator Debenham, 1983: 12. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT, WA).
plumosa Debenham, 1983: 9. PNG (PNG).
puteus Debenham, 1983: 14. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
rastraria Debenham, 1983: 10. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld).
russelli Debenham, 1983: 11. Australia (Qld).
serridentata Debenham, 1983: 18. Solomon Is.
spinipenis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 227. Belau.
stimulans de Meijere, 1909c: 197 (Ceratopogon). Indonesia (Java & Sumatra); ?Micronesia.
thiensis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 139. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
townsvillensis Taylor, 1918b: 169 (Culicoides). Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, NT), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG), Solomon Is.


 Subgenus LEPIDOHELEA Kieffer

LEPIDOHELEA Kieffer, 1917b: 364 (as gen.). Type species: Ceratopogon chrysolophus Kieffer, 1911, orig. des.
acinacium Debenham, 1987c: 329. Australia (NSW).
adversari Debenham, 1987c: 321. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
bifurcifera Tokunaga, 1959: 281. PNG (PNG).
bullata Debenham, 1987c: 315. Australia (ACT); S Australia.
cerberus Debenham, 1987c: 335. Australia (NSW).
davidi Debenham, 1987c: 330. Australia (NSW).
demeter Debenham, 1987c: 319. Australia (Vic); Australia (NSW).
lagoenae Debenham, 1987c: 327. Australia (NSW).
maculosicrura Tokunaga, 1959: 265. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (PNG).
manis Debenham, 1987c: 344. PNG (PNG).
matilei Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 203. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
medipalus Debenham, 1987c: 320. Australia (NSW).
paenulata Debenham, 1987c: 334. Australia (WA).
palliscuta Tokunaga, 1959: 259. PNG (PNG); Australia (Qld).
parvicrater Debenham, 1987c: 336. Australia (ACT).
pictisquamipennis Tokunaga, 1959: 260. PNG (PNG).
quinqueremis Debenham, 1987c: 341. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
scurra Debenham, 1987c: 340. Australia (Qld).
semihamata Debenham, 1987c: 339. Australia (NSW).
semota Debenham, 1987c: 328. Australia (Qld); Australia (ACT, NSW).
tortuosa Debenham, 1987c: 322. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld, Tas), New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
unifascicornis Tokunaga, 1959: 263. PNG (PNG); Australia (NT).
unitheca Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 183. Belau; Micronesia.

Subgenus METAFORCIPOMYIA Saunders

METAFORCIPOMYIA Saunders, 1957: 685. Type species: Forcipomyia cerifera Saunders, 1957, orig. des.
campana Debenham, 1987b: 193. Australia (NSW); Australia (Tas).
colonus Debenham, 1987b: 191. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW).
crepidinis Debenham, 1987b: 196. Australia (WA).
furculae Debenham, 1987b: 190. PNG (PNG).
novaguineae Tokunaga, 1959: 289. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
rupicola Debenham, 1987b: 194. Australia (NSW).
stigmatipennis Tokunaga, 1959: 268. PNG (PNG).
tomaculorum Debenham, 1987b: 188. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld).
triclotae Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 209. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Subgenus MICROHELEA Kieffer

MICROHELEA Kieffer, 1917b: 364 (as gen.). Type species: Atrichopogon microtomus Kieffer, 1917, des. Kieffer, 1921g: 7. [Explanatory annotation on erroneous type designation in 1917 work given in Kieffer (1921g).]
abbaekiefferi Debenham, 1987d: 656. PNG (PNG); Australia (NSW, Qld) ?Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
amieuensis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 149. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
arnhemi Debenham, 1987d: 652. Australia (NT).
asquamata Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 142. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
australiensis Kieffer, 1917a: 178 (Ceratopogon). PNG (PNG). Nomen dubium.
cylindripalpis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 147. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
esakiana Tokunaga, 1940a: 206. Micronesia; Australia (Qld), Belau, Guam, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Marshall Is, PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); Ryukyu Is, Thailand.
flavitibialis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 170. Micronesia; Belau, Guam, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Kiribati (Gilbert Is), Marshall Is, PNG (PNG).
fuliginosa Meigen, 1818: 86 (Ceratopogon). Germany; ?Fiji, ?French Polynesia (Society Is), ?Western Samoa; cosmopol.
     hirtipes de Meijere, 1907: 209. Indonesia (Java).
     ornaticrus Ingram & Macfie, 1924b: 577 (inornatipennis var.). Ghana & Nigeria & Tanzania.
globularis Edwards, 1928c: 48. Western Samoa.
gressitti Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 152. Belau; Micronesia.
inflatipalpis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 153. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
inornatipennis Austen, 1912b: 107. Nigeria; ?French Polynesia (Marquesas).
insulae Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 151. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
lignarius Debenham, 1987d: 655. Australia (Qld).
ocrearum Debenham, 1987d: 664. PNG (PNG).
ornata Tokunaga, 1940b: 61 (key) [1940e: 166]. Belau; Guam, Marshall Is, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, ?PNG (PNG).
proximornata Debenham, 1987d: 657. PNG (PNG).
serrulifimbria
Tokunaga, 1959: 283. PNG (PNG).
stelechos Debenham, 1987d: 649. Australia (Qld).
subspadicifascia Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 167. Micronesia; Belau, Marshall Is.
tiwaka Clastrier & Delécolle, 1993: 144. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
tuthilli Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 174. Marshall Is.
willisi Debenham, 1987d: 661. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld), PNG (PNG).

Subgenus PEDILOHELEA de Meillon & Wirth

PEDILOHELEA de Meillon & Wirth, 1980: 9. Type species: Forcipomyia clastrieri Dessart, 1963, orig. des.
australis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 212. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
forcipis de Meillon & Wirth, 1980: 18. Malaysia (Sabah); Australia (Qld), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
proavia Debenham, 1987d: 642. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW, Tas).
tasmani Macfie, 1932a: 27. NZ (NZ).

Subgenus PHYTOHELEA Remm

PHYTOHELEA Remm, 1971: 189. Type species: Ceratopogon bromelicola Lutz, 1914, orig. des.
APELMA, authors, not Kieffer, 1919, misid.
TRICHOHELEA, authors, not Goetghebuer, 1920, misid.
alocasiae Tokunaga, 1961c: 120. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
belkini de Meillon & Wirth, 1979: 198. NZ (NZ).
brevis Johannsen, 1927: 205 (Apelma). Hawaiian Is.
fijiensis Macfie, 1945: 1 (Apelma). Fiji.
forfices Debenham, 1987a: 114. Australia (Qld).
hamaticauda Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 212. Belau.
marksae Tokunaga, 1961c: 117. PNG (PNG); Australia (NSW, Qld).
oligarthra Saunders, 1957: 698. Puerto Rico; Belau, PNG (Bismarck Arch); Guyana, Mexico, Singapore, SE USA, widesp. Caribbean.
sabroskyi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 211. Belau; Micronesia.

Subgenus PTEROBOSCA Sclater

PTEROBOSCA Macfie, 1932c: 266 (as gen.). Unavailable name: genus-group name proposed after 1930 without type-species designation.
PTEROBOSCA Sclater, 1933: 354 (as gen.). Type species: Ceratopogon aeschnosuga de Meijere, 1923, orig. des. [Genus-group name made available by bibliographic reference to Macfie, 1932c: 266.] [Check Zoological Record for 1932]
adhesipes Macfie, 1932c: 270 (Pterobosca). Indonesia (Irian Jaya & Java); Micronesia, New Caledonia (New Caledonia); Ryukyu Is.
ariel Macfie, 1932c: 275 (Pterobosca). Indonesia (Maluku); Australia (NT, WA), New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
chrysopipennis Wirth, 1966: 29 (n. n. for chrysopae Tokunaga). Belau.
     chrysopae Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 235. Belau. [Preocc. Mayer, 1934.]
esakii Tokunaga, 1940a: 210 (Pterobosca). Northern Marianas; Belau, Guam.
     esakia Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 234 (unnec. n. n. for esakii Tokunaga).
feminae Tokunaga, 1940b: 100 (key) [1940e: 168] (Pterobosca). Belau; Micronesia.
fidens Macfie, 1936: 277 (Pterobosca). China (Hainan I); Kiribati (Gilbert Is), Marshall Is; Ryukyu Is.
fusicornis Coquillett, 1905b: 63 (Ceratopogon). USA; Hawaiian Is [immigrant; not established]; New World.
lairdi Wirth, 1956: 363 (Pterobosca). Solomon Is.
odonatiphila Macfie, 1932c: 274 (Pterobosca). Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG).
ogatai Tokunaga, 1961a: 3. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Subgenus SALIOHELEA Wirth & Ratanaworabhan

SALIOHELEA Wirth & Ratanaworabhan, 1978: 494. Type species: Forcipomyia leei Wirth & Ratanaworabhan, 1978, orig. des.
boudinoti Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 216. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
deminuta Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 219. Micronesia; Belau.

Subgenus SCHINEROMYIA Debenham

SCHINEROMYIA Debenham, 1987a: 67. Type species: Forcipomyia gandangara Debenham, 1987, orig. des.
gandangara Debenham, 1987a: 67. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).

Subgenus SCHIZOFORCIPOMYIA Chan & Le Roux

SCHIZOFORCIPOMYIA Chan & Le Roux, 1971: 271. Type species: Forcipomyia petersoni Chan & Le Roux, 1971 [= Forcipomyia borbonica Clastrier, 1959], orig. des.
borbonica Clastrier, 1959: 436. R.union I; American Samoa, Australia (NT, Qld), Belau, Bonin Is, Guam, Hawaiian Is, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Micronesia, Northern Marianas; Cocos (Keeling) Is, India, Ivory Coast, Seychelles, Singapore.
     penniornata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 163. Guam.
     fuscimaculata Hardy, 1960: 170. Hawaiian Is.
     petersoni Chan & Le Roux, 1971: 272. Singapore.
chazeaui Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 222. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
clavulus Debenham, 1987d: 639. Australia (NSW).
lydiae Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 219. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
monoceros Debenham, 1987d: 634. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld).
yirrkala Debenham, 1987d: 636. Australia (NT); Australia (NSW).

Subgenus SYNTHYRIDOMYIA Saunders

SYNTHYRIDOMYIA Saunders, 1957: 688. Type species: Lasiohelea acidicola Tokunaga, 1937, orig. des.
ansericolli Debenham, 1987a: 59. Australia (NT).
bucera Debenham, 1987a: 55. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).
caestuum Debenham, 1987a: 53. Australia (Qld).
operimenti Debenham, 1987a: 58. Australia (Qld).
oryx Debenham, 1987a: 54. Australia (NT).
tympanista Debenham, 1987a: 56. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).
unituberculata Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 197. Belau.

Subgenus THYRIDOMYIA Saunders

THYRIDOMYIA Saunders, 1925: 268 (as gen.). Type species: Thyridomyia palustris Saunders, 1925 [= Ceratopogon monilicornis Coquillett, 1905], orig. des.
carolinea Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 214. Belau.
frutetorum Winnertz, 1852: 29 (Ceratopogon). Germany; Australia (NSW, Qld), PNG (PNG); widesp. Afrotrop., Nearctic, Palearctic Regs.
hamata Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 207. Belau.
litoraurea Ingram & Macfie, 1924a: 389 (Lasiohelea). Ghana; Australia, New Caledonia (New Caledonia); Algeria, The Gambia, S. Afr., ?USSR (Estonia).
masaakii Debenham, 1989: 235 (n.n. for esakii Tokunaga). Belau; Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
     esakii Tokunaga, 1940d: 101 (key) [1940e: 169] (Lasiohelea). Belau. [Preocc. Tokunaga, 1940a.]
monilicornis Coquillett, 1905b: 63 (Ceratopogon). Canada; Australia (NSW, Qld); widesp. Afrotrop., Nearctic, Palearctic Regs.

Subgenus TRICHOHELEA Goetghebuer

APELMA Kieffer, 1919b: 64 (as gen.). Type species: Apelma auronitens Kieffer, 1919, des. Macfie, 1940a: 16. [Preocc. Billberg, 1820.]
TRICHOHELEA Goetghebuer, 1920: 39 (as gen.). Type species: Trichohelea tonnoiri Goetghebuer, 1920 [= Apelma auronitens Kieffer, 1919], orig. des.
NEOFORCIPOMYIA Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 200. Type species: Ceratopogon pectinunguis de Meijere, 1923, orig. des.
alienus Debenham, 1987a: 83. Australia (NSW).
austrina Macfie, 1932a: 29. NZ (NZ).
basiflava Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 202. Micronesia.
chirurgus Debenham, 1987a: 87. Australia (NSW).
cliens Debenham, 1987a: 76. PNG (PNG).
debenhamae Clastrier & Delécolle, 1991: 228 (n.n. for arcis Debenham). Australia (NT); Australia (Qld), New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
     arcis Debenham, 1987a: 91. Australia (NT).
ferrea
Debenham, 1987a: 76. Australia (Qld).
imparidentes Debenham, 1987a: 77. Fiji.
insignis Skuse, 1889e: 298 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, Tas, WA).
     sydneyensis Skuse, 1889e: 302 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
kuscheli Sublette & Wirth, 1980: 330. NZ (Campbell I); NZ (Auckland Is).
lunata Debenham, 1987a: 90. Australia (NSW).
pacifica Macfie, 1933b: 75 (Lasiohelea). French Polynesia (Society Is).
papuensis Lane & Cotman, 1986: 617. PNG (PNG).
pectinunguis de Meijere, 1923: 138 (Ceratopogon). Indonesia (Sumatra); American Samoa, Australia (Qld), Belau, Micronesia, New Caledonia (New Caledonia), Northern Marianas, PNG (PNG).
pennambula Macfie, 1932c: 279. Indonesia (Maluku).
quateriungula Tokunaga, 1959: 293. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
samoensis Edwards, 1928c: 51 (Lasiohelea). Western Samoa; Indonesia (?Irian Jaya, Maluku).
scorpio Debenham, 1987a: 88. Australia (NSW).
sector Debenham, 1987a: 83. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
tipulivora Macfie, 1936: 229. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
tumulus Debenham, 1987a: 92. Australia (NSW).

Subgenus TYPHONOMYIA Debenham

TYPHONOMYIA Debenham, 1987a: 93. Type species: Forcipomyia anachoreta Debenham, 1987, orig. des.
anachoreta Debenham, 1987a: 94. Australia (NSW).

Subgenus WARMKEA Saunders

WARMKEA Saunders, 1957: 671. Type species: Forcipomyia bicolor Saunders, 1957 [preocc., = Forcipomyia lesliei Wirth, 1974], orig. des.
albiacies Debenham, 1987b: 170. Australia (Qld).

Unplaced species of Forcipomyia Meigen

flaviventris Kieffer, 1917a: 179 (Ceratopogon). PNG (PNG); ?Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
lepidopus Kieffer, 1917a: 179 (Ceratopogon). PNG (PNG).

Subfamily DASYHELEINAE
Genus DASYHELEA Kieffer

DASYHELEA Kieffer, 1911e: 5. Type species: Dasyhelea halophila Kieffer, 1911, orig. des.
aeratipennis Skuse, 1889e: 303 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
atronotata Macfie, 1938: 158. Solomon Is.
aucklandensis Sublette & Wirth, 1980: 331. NZ (Auckland Is).
calvescens Macfie, 1938: 157. Hawaiian Is.
carolinensis Tokunaga, 1941: 112. Micronesia; American Samoa, Belau, Tonga.
decempunctata Skuse, 1889e: 301 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
digna Borkent, 1996: 92. Hawaiian Is.
dupliforceps Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 264. Kiribati (Gilbert Is).
dybasi Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 291. Belau; Micronesia.
esakii Tokunaga, 1940a: 212. Micronesia; Belau, Kiribati (Gilbert Is), Marshall Is; Cocos (Keeling) Is.
excellentis Borkent, 1996: 91. Hawaiian Is.
flavescens Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 250. Marshall Is; Belau, Kiribati (Gilbert Is), Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
flavibasalis Tokunaga, 1940d: 118 (key) [1940e: 173]. Micronesia; Marshall Is.
flavicaudalis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 248. Micronesia.
forsteri Grogan & Wirth, 1981: 97. Solomon Is.
fulvicauda Macfie, 1933a: 101. French Polynesia (Marquesas); French Polynesia (Society Is); ?Indonesia, ?Taiwan.
fumala Tokunaga, 1940d: 117 (key) [1940e: 176]. Belau; Guam, Marshall Is, Micronesia.
furcillifera Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 275. Micronesia; Belau.
gressitti Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 251. Belau.
hawaiiensis Macfie, 1934a: 133. Hawaiian Is.
hihifoi Clastrier & Delécolle, 1996: 311. Wallis & Futuna.
ihitchcocki Wirth, 1976: 381. Tonga.
humilis Macfie, 1938: 159. Solomon Is.
insularis Tokunaga, 1940a: 214. Micronesia; Belau, Kiribati (Gilbert Is), Northern Marianas.
insulicola Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 307. Marshall Is; Belau, Micronesia.
intonsa Debenham, 1987e: 347. Cocos (Keeling) Is; Belau, Guam, Marshall Is, Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
     perfida, Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959, not Johannsen, 1931, misid.
jucunda Macfie, 1932a: 38. NZ (NZ).
lineata Kieffer, 1917a: 186 (Culicoides). PNG (PNG).
minuscula Skuse, 1889e: 299 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
multifascia Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 320. Micronesia.
myrmedon Kieffer, 1917a: 188. PNG (PNG).
neocaledoniensis Clastrier, 1988b: 79. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
nigella Skuse, 1889e: 300 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
nigripygma Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 310. Micronesia; Belau.
nigristigmata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 246. Marshall Is.
nigroris Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 301. Micronesia; Guam.
oribates Macfie, 1932a: 40. NZ (NZ).
pacifica Macfie, 1933a: 99. French Polynesia (Marquesas); French Polynesia (Society Is).
     var. pallida Macfie, 1933a: 100. French Polynesia (Marquesas).
palauensis Tokunaga, 1940d: 117 (key) [1940e: 177]. Belau; Guam, Kiribati (Gilbert Is), Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
pallivittae Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 269. Micronesia; Marshall Is.
palloris Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 298. Northern Marianas.
parvistylata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 259. Micronesia; Belau.
peliliouensis Tokunaga, 1940d: 117 (key) [1940e: 177]. Belau; Guam, Kiribati (Gilbert Is), Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
platychaeta Hardy, 1960: 185. Hawaiian Is.
quaternihamata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 295. Micronesia; Marshall Is, Northern Marianas.
radialis Edwards, 1928c: 53. Western Samoa.
raripilosa Tokunaga, 1940d: 117 (key) [1940e: 172]. Belau.
russa Macfie, 1933b: 79. French Polynesia (Society Is).
sabroskyi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 273. Belau.
sagittifera Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 292. Northern Marianas; Belau, Marshall Is.
striipennis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 312. Micronesia; Belau.
subgrata Tokunaga, 1961b: 180. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
subperfida Tokunaga, 1940d: 117 (key) [1940e: 174]. Belau; Bonin Is, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
subscutellata Tokunaga, 1940d: 118 (key) [1940e: 175]. Belau; Guam, Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
townesi Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 267. Marshall Is; Micronesia, Northern Marianas.
truncata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 297. Belau.
vittula Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 271. Guam; Belau, Micronesia, Northern Marianas.

 

Subfamily CERATOPOGONINAE
Tribe CULICOIDINI
Genus CULICOIDES Latreille

CULICOIDES Latreille, 1809: 251. Type species: Culicoides punctata Latreille, 1809, mon.

Subgenus AVARITIA Fox

AVARITIA Fox, 1955: 218. Type species: Ceratopogon obsoletus Meigen, 1818, orig. des.
actoni Smith, 1929: 255 [1932: 180]. India; N Australia, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bougainville I, PNG), Solomon Is; China, Japan, Ryukyu Is, widesp. Oriental Reg.
     okumensis Arnaud, 1956: 119. Ryukyu Is.
     robertsi, Tokunaga, 1962, not Lee & Reye, 1953, misid.
boophagus Macfie, 1937: 116. Malaysia (Pen); Australia (Qld), PNG (PNG); widesp. Oriental reg.
brevipalpis Delfinado, 1961: 654. Philippines; N Australia; Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917a: 187. "Australie"; Australia (NSW, NT, Qld, WA), Fiji, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Lord Howe I, New Caledonia (New Caledonia), PNG (PNG), Vanuatu; Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
     robertsi Lee & Reye, 1953: 386. Australia (Qld).
dikhros Tokunaga, 1962b: 507. PNG (PNG).
fragmentum Tokunaga, 1962b: 507. PNG (PNG); PNG (Bismarck Arch), Solomon Is.
fulvus Sen & Das Gupta, 1959: 628. India; N Australia, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch, Bougainville I), Solomon Is; widesp. Oriental Reg.
jacobsoni Macfie, 1934c: 215. Indonesia (Sumatra); Australia (Qld), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG), Solomon Is, Vanuatu; Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
     buckleyi Macfie, 1937: 117. Malaysia (Pen).
     unisetiferus Tokunaga, 1959: 236. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
orientalis Macfie, 1932b: 490. India & Indonesia (Java) & "Malay States"; PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); widesp. Oriental Reg.
pungens de Meijere, 1909c: 200. Indonesia (Sumatra); Australia (NT, Qld), Belau, Indonesia (Maluku), PNG (Bismarck Arch), Solomon Is; widesp. Oriental Reg.
     obscurus Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 347. Belau.
wadai Kitaoka, 1980: 14. Ryukyu Is; Australia (NT, Qld, WA); Laos.
     suzukii, authors, not Kitaoka, 1973, misid.

Subgenus CULICOIDES Latreille

CULICOIDES Latreille, 1809: 251 (as gen.). Type species: Culicoides punctata Latreille, 1809, mon.
jimmiensis Tokunaga, 1959: 229. PNG (PNG).
novaguineanus Tokunaga, 1959: 223. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).
peregrinus Kieffer, 1910b: 191. India; Australia (NT), Belau, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Micronesia; China, Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
     judicandus Bezzi, 1916: 8. Philippines.
     esmoneti Salm, 1917: 136. Indonesia (Java).
     philippinensis Kieffer, 1921d: 564. Philippines.
     lungchiensis Chen & Tsai, 1962: 397 (peregrinus ssp.). China.
sumatrae Macfie, 1934b: 190. Indonesia; Australia (Qld), PNG (PNG); N China, Japan, ?Korea, Ryukyu Is, widesp. Oriental Reg.
     amamiensis Tokunaga, 1937: 325. Ryukyu Is.
     kagiensis Tokunaga, 1937: 327. Taiwan.
     assimilis Delfinado, 1961: 660. Philippines.
     amamensis, error for amamiensis.

Subgenus DRYMODESMYIA Vargas

DRYMODESMYIA Vargas, 1960: 40. Type species: Culicoides copiosus Root & Hoffman, 1937, orig. des.
loughnani Edwards, 1922d: 165. Jamaica; Australia (NSW, Qld); Caribbean, USA.

Subgenus HAEMOPHORUCTUS Macfie

HAEMOPHORUCTUS Macfie, 1925: 349 (as gen.). Type species: Haemophoructus maculipennis Macfie, 1925, mon.
gemellus Macfie, 1934b: 192. Malaysia (Sabah); PNG (PNG); widesp. Oriental Reg.
gentilis Macfie, 1934b: 191. Malaysia (Pen); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); Philippines, Sri Lanka.

Subgenus MARKSOMYIA Bellis & Dyce

MARKSOMYIA Bellis & Dyce, 2011: 36. Type species: Culicoides marksi Lee & Reye, 1953, orig. des.
dycei
Lee & Reye, 1953: 390. Australia (NSW); widesp. Australia.
kayi Bellis & Dyce, 44. Australia (WA).
marksi Lee & Reye, 1953: 392. Australia (NSW); widesp. Australia, PNG (PNG).
parvimaculatus Lee & Reye, 1953: 391. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, Vic).
pseudostigmatus Tokunaga, 1959: 234. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
zentae Bellis & Dyce, 44. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, NT, Vic, WA).

Subgenus MEIJEREHELEA Wirth & Hubert

MEIJEREHELEA Wirth & Hubert, 1961: 23. Type species: Ceratopogon guttifer de Meijere, 1907, orig. des.
arakawai Arakawa--not Australasian/Oceanian.
guttifer de Meijere, 1907: 209 (Ceratopogon). Indonesia (Java); Belau, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); widesp. Oriental Reg.
histrio Johannsen, 1946: 190 (guttifer var.). Guam; Australia (NSW, NT, Qld), Belau, Micronesia, PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); widesp. Oriental Reg.
     mackayensis Lee & Reye, 1953: 383. Australia (Qld).

Subgenus MONOCULICOIDES Khalaf

MONOCULICOIDES Khalaf, 1954: 39. Type species: Ceratopogon nubeculosis Meigen, 1830, orig. des.
variipennis Coquillett, 1901b: 602 (Ceratopogon). USA; Hawaiian Is [immigrant; not established]; Nearctic Reg. to Mexico.

Subgenus OECACTA Poey

OECACTA Poey, 1853: 238. Type species: Oecacta furens Poey, 1853, mon.
austropalpalis Lee & Reye, 1955: 240 (n. n. for palpalis Lee & Reye). Australia (Qld); widesp. Australia, PNG (PNG).
     palpalis Lee & Reye, 1953: 380. Australia (Qld). [Preocc. Macfie, 1948.]
bunrooensis Lee & Reye, 1955: 238. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
clavipalpis Mukerji, 1931: 1052. India; Australia (Qld); Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
esakii Esaki, 1939: 234. Micronesia; Belau.
     esakii Tokunaga, 1940a: 217. Micronesia. [Preocc. Esaki, 1939.]
flavimaculinotalis Tokunaga, 1940d: 142 (key) [1940e: 180]. Micronesia; Belau.
flaviscriptus Tokunaga, 1959: 252. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
insulanus Macfie, 1933b: 77. French Polynesia (Society Is); American Samoa, Western Samoa.
marginalis Lee & Reye, 1963: 354. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
multinotatae Tokunaga, 1962b: 481. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
narrabeenensis Lee & Reye, 1963: 357. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
nattaiensis Lee & Reye, 1955: 237. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
neopalpalis Tokunaga, 1962b: 483. PNG (PNG).
notatus Delfinado, 1961: 648. Philippines; Australia (Qld), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); Laos, Malaysia (Pen).
     papuae Tokunaga, 1962b: 481. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
pallidimaculosus Tokunaga, 1959: 219. PNG (PNG); PNG (Bismarck Arch, Bougainville I).
parviscriptus Tokunaga, 1959: 213. PNG (PNG); PNG (Bismarck Arch); Laos, Malaysia (Pen), Sri Lanka.
perornatus Delfinado, 1961: 651. Philippines; PNG (Bismarck Arch); Malaysia (Pen).
petersi Tokunaga, 1962b: 490. PNG (PNG).
semicircum Tokunaga, 1959: 208. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG).
smeei Tokunaga, 1960: 73. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Australia (Qld), PNG (PNG).
williwilli Lee & Reye, 1955: 234. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
yasumatsui Tokunaga, 1941: 113. Micronesia; Belau, PNG (Bismarck Arch).
     lingensis Tokunaga, 1963b: 129. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
yoshimurai Tokunaga, 1941: 114. Micronesia; PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).

Subgenus REMMIA Glukhova

REMMIA Glukhova, 1977: 116. Type species: Ceratopogon schultzei Enderlein, 1908, orig. des.
oxystoma Kieffer, 1910b: 193. India; Australia (NT), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG); China, Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
     schultzei, authors, not Enderlein, 1908, misid.


Subgenus TOKUNAGAHELEA Dyce & Meiswinkel

TOKUNAGAHELEA Dyce & Meiswinkel, 1995: 131. type species: Culicoides mikros Dyce & Meiswinkel, 1995, orig. des.
geocheloneoides Dyce & Meiswinkel, 1995: 140. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
mikros Dyce & Meiswinkel, 1995: 136. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
pygmaeus Tokunaga, 1963b: 139. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Solomon Is.

Subgenus TRITHECOIDES Wirth & Hubert

TRITHECOIDES Wirth & Hubert, 1959: 2. Type species: Culicoides flaviscutatus Wirth & Hubert, 1959, orig. des.
anophelis Edwards, 1922d: 161. Malaysia (Pen); PNG (Bismarck Arch); China, Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
baisasi Wirth & Hubert, 1959: 12. Philippines; Solomon Is; Malaysia (Pen).
barnetti Wirth & Hubert, 1959: 32. Malaysia (Pen); PNG (Bismarck Arch, Bougainville I, PNG); Philippines, Thailand.
culiciphagus Wirth & Hubert, 1959: 11. Solomon Is; Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
flavescens Macfie, 1937: 114 (anophelis var.). Malaysia (Pen); PNG (PNG), Solomon Is; Philippines, Thailand.
palpifer Das Gupta & Ghosh, 1956: 122. India; PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG), Solomon Is; China, widesp. Oriental Reg.

Unplaced species of Culicoides Latreille

antennalis Lee & Reye, 1953: 386. Australia (NSW); Australia (Vic).
ardentissimus Tokunaga, 1940a: 216. Micronesia; Belau.
ardleyi Tokunaga, 1962b: 474. PNG (PNG); PNG (Bougainville I), Solomon Is.
australiensis Kieffer, 1917a: 188. PNG (PNG).
bancrofti Lee & Reye, 1953: 387. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, Vic).
belkini Wirth & Arnaud, 1969: 509. French Polynesia (Society Is); American Samoa, Cook Is, Fiji, French Polynesia (Tuamotu Arch), Solomon Is.
bodemensis Clastrier & Delécolle, 1996: 302. Wallis & Futuna.
bougainvillae Tokunaga, 1962b: 492. PNG (Bougainville I).
bundyensis Lee & Reye, 1955: 239. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld).
cancrisocius Macfie, 1946: 15. Fiji.
capricorniae Dyce & Wirth, 1997: 586. Australia (Qld).
chazeaui Clastrier & Delécolle, 1996: 300. Wallis & Futuna.
icircumbasalis Tokunaga, 1959: 232. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (Bismarck Arch).
claggi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 338. Bonin Is.
cordiger Macfie, 1934b: 193. Malaysia (Pen); Australia (NT, Qld), PNG (Bismarck Arch); Philippines.
     magnesianus Lee & Reye, 1953: 358. Australia (Qld).
coronalis Lee & Reye, 1955: 234. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).
costalis Tokunaga, 1963b: 132. PNG (Bougainville I); PNG (Bismarck Arch).
crassus Tokunaga, 1962b: 508. PNG (PNG).
cuniculus Lee & Reye, 1953: 389. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, NT).
dubiosum Dyce & Wirth, 1997: 591. Australia (Qld).
elizabethae Dyce & Wirth, 1997: 584. PNG (PNG).
flavidorsalis Tokunaga, 1959: 245. PNG (PNG).
fulbrighti Lee & Reye, 1963: 361. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
gladysae Kettle, Elson & Dyce, 1976: 173. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
henryi Lee & Reye, 1963: 360. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
hollandiensis Tokunaga, 1959: 226. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
hornsbyensis Lee & Reye, 1963: 361. Australia (NSW).
hyalinus Tokunaga, 1962b: 472. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
immaculatus Lee & Reye, 1953: 375. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT), PNG (PNG).
inflatipalpalis Tokunaga, 1963b: 125. PNG (PNG).
interrogatus Lee & Reye, 1963: 358. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
kusaiensis Tokunaga, 1940a: 215. Micronesia; Belau, Marshall Is; Malaysia (Pen, Sabah).
leanderensis Lee & Reye, 1963: 355. Australia (Qld).
leei Tokunaga, 1960: 72. PNG (Bismarck Arch); N Australia, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (PNG).
     immaculatus, Tokunaga, 1959, not Lee & Reye, 1953, misid.
longior Hagan & Reye, 1986: 340. Australia (Qld).
longiradialis Tokunaga, 1962b: 499. PNG (PNG).
mackerrasi Lee & Reye, 1963: 355. Australia (NT); Australia (NSW, Qld).
     mackerasi, error for mackerrasi.
maculiscutellaris Tokunaga, 1959: 249. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG).
magnipictus Tokunaga, 1962b: 494. PNG (PNG).
marmoratus Skuse, 1889e: 304 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld), PNG (PNG).
mcmillani Lee & Reye, 1953: 391. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, Vic).
meijerei Kieffer, 1919a: 192 (as meijereri; n. n. for guttipennis de Meijere). Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
     guttipennis de Meijere, 1906b: 69. Indonesia (Irian Jaya). [Preocc. Coquillett, 1901.]
melanesiae Macfie, 1939b: 368. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Australia (Qld), PNG (PNG).
molestus Skuse, 1889e: 305 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, Vic).
mollis Edwards, 1928c: 55. Western Samoa; American Samoa, Fiji, Solomon Is.
monothecalis Tokunaga, 1962b: 509. PNG (PNG); PNG (Bismarck Arch).
moreensis Lee & Reye, 1955: 239. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
multimaculatus Taylor, 1918b: 169. Australia (Vic); ?Australia (SA).
mykytowyczi Lee & Reye, 1963: 359. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
neomelanesiae Tokunaga, 1963b: 123. PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).
     melanesiae, Tokunaga, 1962, not Macfie, 1939, misid.
novairelandi Tokunaga, 1962b: 512. PNG (Bismarck Arch); PNG (Bougainville I, PNG).
ornatus Taylor, 1913: 73. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT, WA), PNG (PNG).
palauensis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 348. Belau.
pallidizonatus Tokunaga, 1963b: 135. PNG (PNG).
pallidothorax Lee & Reye, 1963: 362. Australia (NT).
papuensis Tokunaga, 1962b: 513. PNG (PNG).
paragarciai Dyce, 1996: 313. PNG (PNG); Solomon Is.
paulipictus Tokunaga, 1977: 45. PNG (PNG).
peliliouensis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Esaki, 1936: 55. Belau; Micronesia; China, India, Malaysia (Pen), Philippines, Ryukyu Is, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand.
platiradius Tokunaga, 1963b: 128. PNG (PNG).
polynesiae Wirth & Arnaud, 1969: 518. American Samoa.
purus Lee & Reye, 1963: 352. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
quaterifasciatus Tokunaga, 1959: 240. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
queenslandae Dyce & Wirth, 1997: 589. Australia (Qld).
rabauli Macfie, 1939b: 367. PNG (Bismarck Arch); E Australia, PNG (PNG).
     angularis Lee & Reye, 1953: 384. Australia (NSW).
sabroskyi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 336. Belau.
samoensis Wirth & Arnaud, 1969: 513. American Samoa; Western Samoa.
shortti Smith & Swaminath, 1932: 183. India; AustraliaNew Guinea; s. Palaearctic and Oriental regs.
sigmoidus Lee & Reye, 1963: 359. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW).
subimmaculatus Lee & Reye, 1953: 375. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, SA, Vic), Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
submagnesianus Tokunaga, 1962b: 484. PNG (PNG).
tripallidus Tokunaga, 1959: 220. PNG (PNG).
tritenuifasciatus Tokunaga, 1959: 242. PNG (PNG).
trizonatus Tokunaga, 1963b: 134. PNG (PNG).
victoriae Macfie, 1941: 67. Australia (Vic); widesp. Australia, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (PNG).
     magnimaculatus Lee & Reye, 1953: 388. Australia (NSW).
waringi Lee & Reye, 1955: 240. Australia (WA); Australia (SA, Vic).
xanthoceras Kieffer, 1917a: 186. PNG (PNG).

Genus PARADASYHELEA Macfie

PARADASYHELEA Macfie, 1940a: 17. Type species: Dasyhelea brevipalpis Ingram & Macfie, 1931, orig. des.
albipunctata Wirth & Lee, 1959b: 116. Australia (NSW).
boucheti Clastrier, 1989: 134. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
egregia Macfie, 1932a: 36 (Dasyhelea). NZ (NZ).
harrisoni Wirth, 1981: 384. NZ (Auckland Is).
minuta Wirth & Lee, 1959b: 118. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
neocaledoniensis Clastrier, 1989: 135. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
reyei Elson-Harris & Kettle, 1985a: 233. Australia (Qld).

Tribe CERATOPOGONINI
Genus ALLOHELEA Kieffer

ALLOHELEA Kieffer, 1917b: 364. Type species: Sphaeromias pulchripennis Kieffer, 1911, orig. des.
basiflava Tokunaga, 1963a: 248 (Monohelea). PNG (PNG).
harpagonifera Debenham, 1972: 9 (Monohelea). Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW, Vic).
insularis Tokunaga, 1941: 115 (Monohelea). Micronesia; Belau.
papuae Tokunaga, 1963a: 245 (Monohelea). PNG (Bismarck Arch); PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Pen).
solidipedalis Tokunaga, 1963a: 247 (Monohelea). PNG (PNG); Australia (NT, Qld).
tricuspis Debenham, 1972: 10 (Monohelea). Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
yorkensis Debenham, 1972: 27 (Monohelea). Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).

Genus ALLUAUDOMYIA Kieffer

ALLUAUDOMYIA Kieffer, 1913e: 12. Type species: Alluaudomyia imparunguis Kieffer, 1913, orig. des.
alpina Debenham, 1971: 146. Australia (NSW).
annulipes Wirth & Delfinado, 1964: 637. Thailand; Australia (NT, Qld), PNG (PNG); Malaysia (Pen).
     ssp. australiensis Debenham, 1971: 133. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT), PNG (PNG).
appendiculata Debenham, 1971: 151. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld).
astera Tokunaga, 1963a: 222. PNG (Bougainville I).
bicornis Debenham, 1971: 159. Australia (NT); Australia (NSW, Qld).
bifasciata Tokunaga, 1963a: 220. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (PNG), Solomon Is.
bipunctata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 356. Belau; Fiji, Micronesia.
boucheti Clastrier, 1986: 194. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
brandti Tokunaga, 1963a: 223. PNG (PNG); Australia (NT).
epsteini Giles & Wirth, 1987: 459. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
exigua Clastrier, 1986: 193. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
fragmentum Debenham, 1971: 163. Australia (NT).
fumosipennis Debenham, 1971: 135. Australia (NT); Australia (NSW, Qld).
immaculata Tokunaga, 1963a: 219. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
insulana Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 358. Micronesia; PNG (Bismarck Arch).
insulicola Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 361. Micronesia.
jimmensis Tokunaga, 1963a: 229. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
latipennis Skuse, 1889e: 308 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW).
maculosipennis Tokunaga, 1940d: 154 (key) [1940e: 181]. Micronesia; Belau; Sri Lanka, Taiwan.
melanesiae Clastrier, 1986: 190. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
monopunctata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 354. Micronesia.
mouensis Giles & Wirth, 1987: 463. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
neocaledoniensis Clastrier, 1986: 188. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
pacifica Clastrier, 1986: 195. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
papuae Tokunaga, 1963a: 217. PNG (Bismarck Arch); PNG (PNG).
personata Debenham, 1971: 133. Australia (Qld).
petersi Tokunaga, 1963a: 228. PNG (PNG).
platipyga Tokunaga, 1963a: 221. PNG (PNG).
poguei Giles & Wirth, 1987: 461. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
reyei Debenham, 1971: 157. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld, WA).
smeei Tokunaga, 1963a: 230. PNG (Bismarck Arch); PNG (PNG).
spinosipes Tokunaga, 1962a: 206. Ryukyu Is; PNG (PNG); widesp. Oriental Reg.
     novaguineae Tokunaga, 1963a: 224. PNG (PNG).
     novaguineana, error for novaguineae.
tenuistylata Tokunaga, 1959: 296. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Australia (Qld), Fiji, PNG (PNG).
tillierorum Clastrier, 1986: 191. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
tokunagai Wirth & Delfinado, 1964: 633 (n. n. for splendida Tokunaga). PNG (Bismarck Arch); Australia (NT, Qld), PNG (PNG).
     splendida Tokunaga, 1963a: 216. PNG (Bismarck Arch). [Preocc. Winnertz, 1852.]
unguistyla Debenham, 1971: 139. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
varia Debenham, 1971: 154. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
verecunda Debenham, 1971: 143. PNG (PNG).

Genus AUSTROHELEA Wirth & Grogan

AUSTROHELEA Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 22. Type species: Monohelea shannoni Wirth & Blanton, 1972, orig. des.
antipodalis Ingram & Macfie, 1931b: 205 (Monohelea). NZ (NZ).
brevipes Lee, 1948c: 355 (Monohelea). Australia (WA).
campbellensis Tokunaga, 1964b: 289 (Monohelea). NZ (Campbell I).
ferruginea Macfie, 1932a: 49 (Monohelea). NZ (NZ).
tasmaniensis Lee, 1948c: 354 (Monohelea). Australia (Tas).
tonnoiri Macfie, 1932a: 46 (Monohelea). NZ (NZ).

Genus BRACHYPOGON Kieffer

BRACHYPOGON Kieffer, 1899: 69. Type species: Ceratopogon vitiosus Winnertz, 1852, orig. des.

Subgenus BRACHYPOGON Kieffer

BRACHYPOGON Kieffer, 1899: 69. (as gen.)Type species: Ceratopogon vitiosus Winnertz, 1852, orig. des.
artemis Debenham, 1991: 771. Australia (NSW).
bifurcus Debenham, 1991: 780. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld).
bryanae Debenham, 1991: 774. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT).
corniger Debenham, 1991: 777. Australia (NSW).
curtus Debenham, 1991: 796. Australia (Qld).
gearyae Debenham, 1991: 786. Australia (NSW).
gravidus Debenham, 1991: 790. Australia (Qld).
griffithsae Debenham, 1991: 797. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).
hercules Debenham, 1991: 788. Australia (NSW).
idolon Debenham, 1991: 791. Australia (Qld).
institor Debenham, 1991: 796. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
insulicola Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 350 (Ceratopogon). Micronesia.
kraussi Grogan & Wirth, 1981: 93. Solomon Is.
lorica Debenham, 1991: 793. Australia (Qld).
medusae Debenham, 1991: 778. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT).
nicolaii Debenham, 1991: 798. PNG (PNG).
novaguineae Tokunaga, 1964c: 294 (Ceratopogon). PNG (PNG).
peregrinator Edwards, 1928c: 56 (Ceratopogon). Western Samoa.
petersi Tokunaga, 1964c: 293 (Ceratopogon). PNG (PNG).
pollices Debenham, 1991: 783. Australia (NSW).
subiectus Debenham, 1991: 789. Australia (Qld).
tabernaculum Debenham, 1991: 784. Australia (NSW).
tokunagai Grogan & Wirth, 1981: 96. Solomon Is.


Subgenus ISOHELEA Kieffer

ISOHELEA Kieffer, 1917: 295. Type species: Ceratopogon lacteipennis Zetterstedt, 1838 (sensu Winnertz) [misid., = Psilohelea sociabilis Goetghebeur, 1920], orig. des.
dehiscens Debenham, 1991: 802. Australia (NSW).
hadrosaurus Debenham, 1991: 801. Australia (NSW).

Subgenus SARISSOHELEA Debenham

SARISSOHELEA Debenham, 1991: 798. type species: Brachypogon kraussi Grogan & Wirth, 1981, orig. des.
alexandros Debenham, 1991: 800. PNG (PNG).
maai Tokunaga, 1964c: 298 (Ceratopogon). Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
papuensis Tokunaga, 1964c: 296 (Ceratopogon). PNG (PNG).

Genus CHIMAEROHELEA Debenham

CHIMAEROHELEA Debenham, 1988: 801. Type species: Chimaerohelea caligula Debenham, 1988, orig. des.
caligula Debenham, 1988: 803. Australia (Qld).

Genus DOWNESHELEA Wirth & Grogan

DOWNESHELEA Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 50. Type species: Monohelea stonei Wirth, 1953, orig. des.
leei Debenham, 1972: 16 (Monohelea). Australia (NSW).
mcdanieli Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 411 (Monohelea). Belau.
nigra Tokunaga, 1963a: 243 (Monohelea). PNG (PNG).
sepikensis Debenham, 1972: 13 (Monohelea). PNG (PNG).
stenochora Wirth & Giles, 1990: 446. Fiji.
unimaculata Debenham, 1972: 5 (Monohelea). Australia (NSW).
xanthogonua Tokunaga, 1963a: 242 (Monohelea). PNG (PNG).

Genus ECHINOHELEA Macfie

ECHINOHELEA Macfie, 1940b: 187. Type species: Echinohelea ornatipennis Macfie, 1940, orig. des.
australiensis Debenham, 1970c: 152. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW), New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
flava Tokunaga, 1963a: 235. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Fiji, PNG (PNG).
hardyi Tokunaga, 1963a: 235. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG).
laensis Tokunaga, 1963a: 236. PNG (PNG).
longirostris Debenham, 1970c: 147. PNG (PNG).
moresbyensis Debenham, 1970c: 149. PNG (PNG).
notipes Debenham, 1970c: 152. Australia (Qld).
pallida Debenham, 1970c: 155. PNG (PNG).
papuensis Tokunaga, 1966: 112. PNG (PNG).
pictipennis Tokunaga, 1963a: 231. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
zonata Tokunaga, 1963a: 234. PNG (PNG).

Genus HETEROCERATOPOGON Wirth & Grogan

HETEROCERATOPOGON Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 56. Type species: Heteroceratopogon poguei Wirth & Grogan, 1988, orig. des.
poguei Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 57. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Genus HETEROHELEA Clastrier

HETEROHELEA Clastrier, 1985a: 272. Type species: Heterohelea minutissima Clastrier, 1985, orig. des.
minutissima Clastrier, 1985a: 272. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Genus MACRUROHELEA Ingram & Macfie

MACRUROHELEA Ingram & Macfie, 1931a: 203. Type species: Macrurohelea caudata Ingram & Macfie, 1931, orig. des.
commoni Lee, 1963: 339. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
dycei Grogan & Wirth, 1985: 133. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
leei Grogan & Wirth, 1985: 131. Australia (Qld).

Genus MONOHELEA Kieffer

MONOHELEA Kieffer, 1917b: 294. Type species: Monohelea hieroglyphica Kieffer, 1917, orig. des.
accipiter Debenham, 1972: 34. Australia (NSW).
albiclavatoris Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 407. Micronesia.
annulata Debenham, 1972: 18. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld).
beaveri Wirth & Giles, 1990: 448. Fiji.
bidens Debenham, 1972: 35. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW).
boucheti Clastrier, 1993: 161. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
boudinoti Clastrier, 1993: 160. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
candescens Debenham, 1972: 25. Australia (NSW).
chazeaui Clastrier, 1985c: 752. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
clavipes Macfie, 1932a: 48. NZ (NZ).
coloisuvae Wirth & Giles, 1990: 449. Fiji.
dorsotaeniata Clastrier, 1985c: 756. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
falcata Debenham, 1972: 7. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
fijiensis Wirth & Giles, 1990: 451. Fiji.
gemina Debenham, 1972: 39. Australia (NSW).
hyalinipennis Clastrier, 1993: 162. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
impunctatipennis Clastrier, 1985c: 748. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
inflatistyla Debenham, 1972: 30. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld).
leveri Wirth & Giles, 1990: 452. Fiji.
lutea Tokunaga, 1963a: 241. PNG (PNG); Australia (NT, Qld).
minuscula Clastrier, 1985c: 758. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
neocaledonica Clastrier, 1993: 158. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
novaguinensis Tokunaga, 1959a: 309. NG (PNG).
nubeculosa Macfie, 1932a: 45. NZ (NZ).
ornatissima Clastrier, 1985c: 750. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
palauensis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 408. Belau.
palustria Debenham, 1972: 28. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, Vic).
phoenix Debenham, 1972: 38. Australia (NSW).
ponticulifera Debenham, 1972: 38. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW).
radialis Debenham, 1972: 22. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).
scutofasciata Clastrier, 1985c: 754. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
smeei Tokunaga, 1963a: 239. PNG (Bismarck Arch); Australia (NT, Qld).
tigrina Skuse, 1889e: 306 (Ceratopogon). Australia (NSW); ?PNG (PNG).
umbrosipennis Debenham, 1972: 32. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, Tas), PNG (PNG).

Genus NANNOHELEA Grogan & Wirth

NANNOHELEA Grogan & Wirth, 1980: 374. Type species: Ceratopogon bourioni Clastrier, 1961, orig. des.
fuscipennis Tokunaga, 1964c: 298 (Ceratopogon). PNG (Bismarck Arch); PNG (PNG); Malaysia (Pen).

Genus SERROMYIA Meigen

SERROMYIA Meigen, 1818: 83. Type species: Ceratopogon femoratus Meigen, 1804 (as femoratus Fab. with Serromyia geniculata Meigen in synonymy), mon. [Generic name first published in synonymy with Ceratopogon but available under I.C.Z.N. Code Art. 11.6.1.]
esakii Tokunaga, 1940a: 218. Micronesia; Belau; Malaysia (Sabah), Philippines.
reyei Debenham, 1970d: 161. Australia (NT).

Genus STILOBEZZIA Kieffer

STILOBEZZIA Kieffer, 1911b: 118. Type species: Stilobezzia festiva Kieffer, 1911, orig. des.

Subgenus ACANTHOHELEA Kieffer

ACANTHOHELEA Kieffer, 1917a: 198 (as gen.). Type species: Acanthohelea pruinosa Kieffer, 1917, mon.
NEOSTILOBEZZIA Goetghebuer, 1934: 53. Unavailable name; genus-group name proposed after 1930 without type-species designation.
NEOSTILOBEZZIA Wirth, 1953: 63. Type species: Ceratopogon ochraceus Winnertz, 1852, orig. des.
acrotrichis Tokunaga, 1959: 301. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
albiabdominalis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 368. Micronesia.
antipodalis Ingram & Macfie, 1931b: 203. NZ (NZ).
armatibiae Tokunaga, 1963a: 260. PNG (Bismarck Arch); PNG (PNG).
badia Macfie, 1932a: 41. NZ (NZ).
biangulata Tokunaga, 1963a: 274. PNG (PNG).
bifurcata Tokunaga, 1959: 307. PNG (PNG); Fiji, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
brandti Tokunaga, 1963a: 276. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
calcaris Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 382. Micronesia; Belau.
centripictura Tokunaga, 1963a: 252. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
clavicula Tokunaga, 1963a: 270. PNG (PNG).
crassiforceps Tokunaga, 1963a: 266. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
eliptaminensis Tokunaga, 1963a: 265. PNG (PNG).
fitzroyensis Lee, 1948c: 350. Australia (NSW).
fulviscuta Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 399. Micronesia; Belau.
fuscigenua Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 373. Belau; Micronesia.
fusciscutellata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 376. Micronesia.
fusistylata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 392. Micronesia.
genitalis Lee, 1948c: 349. Australia (Tas).
gressitti Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 372. Micronesia.
latiforceps Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 386. Belau; Micronesia.
     ssp. latiforceps s. str. Belau; Micronesia.
     ssp. setigera Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 387. Belau.
longistyla Tokunaga, 1941: 117. Micronesia.
maai Tokunaga, 1963a: 264. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG).
nebulosa Tokunaga, 1963a: 252. PNG (PNG).
nigriapicalis Tokunaga, 1963a: 275. PNG (PNG).
ohakunei Ingram & Macfie, 1931b: 202. NZ (NZ).
pallidicornis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 366. Belau.
papuae Tokunaga, 1963a: 272. PNG (PNG).
postcervix Tokunaga, 1959: 303. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).
pruinosa Kieffer, 1917a: 198 (Acanthohelea). Australia (NSW).
reflexa Tokunaga, 1963a: 269. PNG (PNG).
samoana Edwards, 1928c: 57. Western Samoa.
setigeripes Tokunaga, 1963a: 268. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
setigeriscutellata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 394. Micronesia.
similisegmenta Tokunaga, 1959: 306. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
spadicicoxalis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 396. Micronesia; Belau.
spadicitibialis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 370. Micronesia; PNG (PNG).
spinifemorata Tokunaga, 1963a: 262. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
subsoror Tokunaga, 1941: 116. Micronesia; Belau.
tasmaniensis Lee, 1948c: 347. Australia (Tas).
tenuiforceps Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 384. Belau.
thyridofera Tokunaga, 1959: 304. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG).
tonnoiri Macfie, 1932a: 43. NZ (NZ).
truncata Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 389. Micronesia; Belau.
unifascidorsalis Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 379. Belau.
vittula Tokunaga, 1963a: 260. PNG (PNG).

Subgenus DEBENHAMIA Wirth & Grogan

DEBENHAMIA Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 89. Type species: Stilobezzia collessi Wirth & Grogan, 1988, orig. des.
collessi Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 90. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
dycei Wirth & Grogan, 1988: 92. Australia (WA).

Subgenus STILOBEZZIA Kieffer

STILOBEZZIA Kieffer, 1911b: 118 (as gen.). Type species: Stilobezzia festiva Kieffer, 1911, orig. des.
basizonata Tokunaga, 1963a: 254. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
bizonata Tokunaga, 1963a: 256. PNG (PNG); PNG (Bismarck Arch).
browni Wirth & Giles, 1990: 454. Fiji.
flavizonata Tokunaga, 1963a: 263. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
hollandia Tokunaga, 1959: 299. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (Bismarck Arch, PNG).
inermipes Kieffer, 1912a: 8. Sri Lanka; Belau, Guam, Micronesia; widesp. Oriental Reg.
     esakiana Tokunaga, 1940d: 155 (key) [1940e: 183]. Micronesia.
     inusitata Johannsen, 1946: 190 (Eukraiohelea). Guam.
longihamata Tokunaga, 1963a: 258. PNG (PNG).
maculipes Macfie, 1933a: 103. French Polynesia (Marquesas).
notata de Meijere, 1907: 210 (Ceratopogon). Indonesia (Java); Indonesia (Irian Jaya); China, Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
palpalis Tokunaga, 1963a: 255. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
pictipes Kieffer, 1917a: 191. Australia (NSW); widesp. Australia.
subviridis Macfie, 1934c: 218. Indonesia (Sumatra); Belau, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Micronesia; Japan, widesp. Oriental Reg.
     esakii Tokunaga, 1940d: 155 (key) [1940e: 183]. Micronesia.
tenebrosa Macfie, 1933a: 101. French Polynesia (Marquesas); French Polynesia (Society Is).
unifasciata Tokunaga, 1963a: 262. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Tribe HETEROMYIINI
Genus CLINOHELEA Kieffer

CLINOHELEA Kieffer, 1917b: 295. Type species: Ceratopogon variegatus Winnertz, 1852, orig. des.
dryas Debenham, 1974: 12. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
flagellata Edwards, 1916b: 500 (Palpomyia). Australia (NT).
hollandiae Tokunaga, 1966: 111. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
papuensis Tokunaga, 1966: 109. PNG (PNG); Australia (Qld), Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
tasmaniensis Lee, 1948d: 65. Australia (Tas); Australia (ACT, NSW, Qld), Fiji.
tenuipes Tokunaga, 1966: 110. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
tenuissima Kieffer, 1917a: 195 (Sphaeromias). PNG (PNG).

Genus METAHELEA Edwards

METAHELEA Edwards, 1929b: 12. Type species: Metahelea metallescens Edwards, 1929, mon.
bifasciata Kieffer, 1917a: 194 (Palpomyia). Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).

Genus PELLUCIDOMYIA Macfie

PELLUCIDOMYIA Macfie, 1939a: 99. Type species: Pellucidomyia ugandae Macfie, 1939, orig. des.
dycei Debenham, 1970a: 137. Australia (Qld).
leei Wirth, 1960: 2. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, Vic).

Tribe SPHAEROMIINI
Genus CRISPOMYIA Debenham

CRISPOMYIA Debenham, 1974: 48. Type species: Crispomyia receptaculum Debenham, 1974, orig. des.
monacha Debenham, 1974: 52. Australia (WA).
receptaculum Debenham, 1974: 51. Australia (WA).

Genus HEBETULA Wirth & Debenham

HEBETULA Wirth & Debenham, 1977: 282. Type species: Mixohelea lemur Debenham, 1974, orig. des.
armiger Debenham, 1974: 20 (Mixohelea). Australia (Qld).
atypipennis Tokunaga, 1966: 127 (Palpomyia). Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
bisulca Debenham, 1974: 24 (Mixohelea). Australia (WA).
centonis Debenham, 1974: 21 (Mixohelea). Australia (Qld).
gladiator Debenham, 1974: 23 (Mixohelea). Australia (ACT).
imparunguis Kieffer, 1917a: 194 (Palpomyia). PNG (PNG); ?Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
     australiensis Kieffer, 1917b: 364 (Mixohelea; unnec. n. n. for imparunguis Kieffer).
infirmior Debenham, 1974: 28 (Mixohelea). Australia (NSW).
latifrons Debenham, 1974: 29 (Mixohelea). Australia (Qld).
lemur Debenham, 1974: 32 (Mixohelea). Australia (WA).
luctus Debenham, 1974: 31 (Mixohelea). Australia (NSW).
maai Tokunaga, 1966: 115 (Xenohelea). Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
matileorum Clastrier, 1985a: 268. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
muroides Debenham, 1974: 30 (Mixohelea). Australia (NSW).
novaebritainica Tokunaga, 1966: 130 (Palpomyia). PNG (Bismarck Arch).
novaecaledoniae Clastrier, 1985a: 271. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
sarmensis Tokunaga, 1966: 116 (Xenohelea). Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
sensilis Debenham, 1974: 27 (Mixohelea). Australia (NSW).
tonnoiri Lee, 1948d: 66 (Xenohelea). Australia (Tas); E Australia, Fiji, PNG (PNG).
uveae Clastrier & Delécolle, 1996: 308. Wallis & Futuna.
iversicolor Debenham, 1974: 35 (Mixohelea). Australia (WA).

Genus HOMOHELEA Kieffer

HOMOHELEA Kieffer, 1917b: 363. Type species: Palpomyia abjuncta Kieffer, 1913, des. Macfie, 1940a: 26.
kraussi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 415 (Sphaeromias). Guam.

Genus JENKINSHELEA Macfie

JENKINSIA Kieffer, 1913d: 165. Type species: Jenkinsia setosipennis Kieffer, 1913, orig. des. [Preocc. Jordan & Evermann, 1896.]
JENKINSHELEA Macfie, 1934b: 177 (n. n. for Jenkinsia).
papuae Tokunaga, 1966: 104. PNG (PNG).

Genus JOHANNSENOMYIA Malloch

JOHANNSENOMYIA Malloch, 1915a: 332. Type species: Johannsenomyia halteralis Malloch, 1915 [= Ceratopogon argentatus Loew, 1861], des. Wirth, 1952a: 211.
DICROHELEA Kieffer, 1917b: 363. Type species: Palpomyia filicornis Kieffer, 1910, des. Macfie, 1940a: 26.
abdominalis Tokunaga, 1966: 120 (Dicrohelea). PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
lalokiensis Lee, 1948d: 69 (Dicrohelea). PNG (PNG).
maai Tokunaga, 1966: 122 (Dicrohelea). Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (Bismarck Arch).
novaebrittanica Tokunaga, 1966: 118 (Dicrohelea). PNG (Bismarck Arch).
novaeguineae Tokunaga, 1966: 119 (Dicrohelea). Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Australia (Qld), PNG (PNG).
     novaguineae, error for novaeguineae.
petersi Tokunaga, 1966: 151 (Probezzia). PNG (PNG).
scriba Debenham, 1974: 39. PNG (PNG).

Genus LANATOMYIA Debenham

LANATOMYIA Debenham, 1974: 43. Type species: Lanatomyia miles Debenham, 1974, orig. des.
electra Debenham, 1974: 46. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld, WA).
miles Debenham, 1974: 44. Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW, Qld).

Genus LEEHELEA Debenham

LEEHELEA Debenham, 1974: 54. Type species: Homohelea hollandiensis Tokunaga, 1966, orig. des.
hispida Debenham, 1974: 57. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
hollandiensis Tokunaga, 1966: 123 (Homohelea). Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG); Thailand.
leucophaeata Debenham, 1974: 60. Australia (Qld).
wasselli Debenham, 1974: 58. Australia (Qld); Australia (NT).

Genus MACKERRASOMYIA Debenham

MACKERRASOMYIA Debenham, 1970b: 140. Type species: Heteromyia brevibarba Kieffer, 1917, orig. des.
brevibarba Kieffer, 1917a: 192 (Heteromyia). Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW).
marginata Debenham, 1970b: 143. Australia (Qld).

Genus MALLOCHOHELEA Wirth

MALLOCHOHELEA Wirth, 1962: 278. Type species: Johannsenomyia albibasis Malloch, 1915, orig. des.
JOHANNSENOMYIA, authors, not Malloch, 1915, misid.
aspera Debenham, 1974: 88. Australia (Tas).
australiensis Lee, 1948d: 67 (Johannsenomyia). Australia (ACT); Australia (NSW).
hardyi Tokunaga, 1966: 139 (Nilobezzia). PNG (PNG).
sabroskyi Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 412 (Palpomyia). Belau; Micronesia.
satelles Debenham, 1974: 86. Australia (NSW); Australia (ACT, Qld).
senex Debenham, 1974: 89. Australia (Qld).
stygia Debenham, 1974: 85 (n. n. for nigra Tokunaga). PNG (PNG).
     nigra Tokunaga, 1966: 124 (Johannsenomyia). PNG (PNG). [Preocc. Goetghebuer, 1933.]
tumidicornis Debenham, 1974: 87, Australia (Qld).

Genus NEOSPHAEROMIAS Das Gupta & Wirth

NEOSPHAEROMIAS Das Gupta & Wirth, 1971: 875. Type species: Neosphaeromias gibbus Das Gupta & Wirth, 1971, orig. des.
choriodes Grogan & Wirth, 1982: 198. Solomon Is.

Genus NILOBEZZIA Kieffer

NILOBEZZIA Kieffer, 1921g: 24. Type species: Nilobezzia armata Kieffer, 1921, mon.
aranea Debenham, 1974: 72. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld).
basispinigera Debenham, 1974: 74. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, Vic).
curticornis Kieffer, 1917a: 196 (Bezzia). Australia (NSW); widesp. Australia.
     triquetrinotata Debenham, 1974: 64. Australia (NSW).
fijiensis Wirth & Giles, 1990: 456. Fiji.
fuscitarsis Debenham, 1974: 78. Australia (Qld); Australia (NSW, NT).
maai Tokunaga, 1966: 140. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (PNG).
simplicior Debenham, 1974: 77. Australia (NSW); Australia (Qld, WA).
subtilicrinus Debenham, 1974: 80. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld).
virago Debenham, 1974: 68. Australia (NT); Australia (Qld, WA).
whartoni Lee, 1948b: 343. PNG (PNG); Australia (NSW, Qld).

Genus SPHAEROMIAS Curtis

SPHAEROMIAS Stephens, 1829a: 52 [1829b: 236]. Nomen nudum.
SPHAEROMIAS Curtis, 1829: 285. Type species: Sphaeromias albomarginatus Curtis, 1829, orig. des.
SPHAEROMYIA Agassiz, 1846b: 250 (unjust. emend. of Sphaeromias).
decoratus Debenham, 1974: 54. Australia (Qld).

Tribe PALPOMYIINI
Genus BEZZIA Kieffer

BEZZIA Kieffer, 1899: 69. Type species: Ceratopogon ornatus Meigen, 1830, orig. des.
adamsi Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 418. Micronesia.
australiensis Kieffer, 1917a: 197. Australia (NSW).
badiifemorata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 419. Micronesia.
clarkei Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 423. Micronesia.
conjunctivena Tokunaga, 1966: 147. PNG (PNG).
dividua Tokunaga, 1966: 148. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
echinata Clastrier, 1985b: 49. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
excavata Tokunaga, 1966: 145. PNG (PNG).
gressitti Tokunaga, 1966: 149. PNG (PNG).
hihifoi Clastrier & Delécolle, 1996: 296. Wallis & Futuna.
inflatifemora Tokunaga, 1966: 141. PNG (PNG).
longiforceps Tokunaga, 1959: 312. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
maai Tokunaga, 1966: 149. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
maculifemorata Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 424. Micronesia; Belau.
melanesiae Clastrier, 1985b: 45. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
micronyx Kieffer, 1922b: 162. Taiwan; Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Indonesia, Malaysia (Sabah), Nepal, Philippines, Ryukyu Is, Thailand, Vietnam.
     crassistyla Tokunaga, 1966: 143. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
nigrialula Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 428. Belau.
nigrofasciata Tokunaga in Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 429. Micronesia.
papuae Tokunaga, 1966: 150. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
pediaureola Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 427. Micronesia.
riparia Clastrier, 1985b: 51. New Caledonia (New Caledonia).
sexspinosa Edwards, 1928c: 57. American Samoa; Western Samoa.
spinositibialis Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 421. Micronesia; Belau.
sulfureicruris Tokunaga & Murachi, 1959: 425. Micronesia.
tasmaniensis Lee, 1948b: 341. Australia (Tas).
vitilevuensis Wirth & Giles, 1990: 458. Fiji.
vittata Tokunaga, 1966: 146. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
zonatipes Tokunaga, 1966: 146. Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Genus PALPOMYIA Meigen

PALPOMYIA Meigen, 1818: 82. Type species: Ceratopogon flavipes Meigen, 1804 (as flavipes with Palpomyia geniculata Meigen in synonymy), mon. [Generic name first published in synonymy with Ceratopogon but available under I.C.Z.N. Code Art. 11.6.1.]
ancorifera Tokunaga, 1966: 129. PNG (PNG).
brandti Tokunaga, 1966: 138. PNG (PNG).
cantuaris Ingram & Macfie, 1931b: 207. NZ (NZ).
decima Lee, 1948d: 58. Australia (Tas).
inflatifemoralis Tokunaga, 1966: 131. PNG (PNG).
jimmensis Tokunaga, 1966: 126. PNG (PNG).
lacorum Debenham, 1989: 250 (n.n. for abdominalis Tokunaga). Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
     abdominalis Tokunaga, 1966: 106 (Heteromyia). Indonesia (Irian Jaya). [Preocc. Kieffer, 1922.]
laensis Tokunaga, 1966: 134. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
lanceolifera Tokunaga, 1966: 133. PNG (PNG).
maai Tokunaga, 1966: 132. PNG (PNG).
magna Tokunaga, 1966: 130. PNG (PNG).
nelsoni Macfie, 1932a: 50. NZ (NZ).
novaeguineae Tokunaga, 1966: 135. PNG (PNG); Indonesia (Irian Jaya), PNG (Bismarck Arch).
novaeirelandensis Tokunaga, 1966: 135. PNG (Bismarck Arch).
pallida Tokunaga, 1966: 107 (Heteromyia). PNG (PNG).
rastellifera Macfie, 1932a: 51. NZ (NZ).
serraticauda Tokunaga, 1966: 128. PNG (PNG).
stella Tokunaga, 1966: 136. Indonesia (Irian Jaya); PNG (Bismarck Arch).
subalpina Lee, 1948d: 59. Australia (ACT).
tasmanica Lee, 1948d: 62 (Heteromyia). Australia (Tas).
urpicifemoris Macfie, 1932a: 52. NZ (NZ).



Last revised 1 January 2012