Heteromyia Explained

Heteromyia is a genus of biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are about 17 described species in Heteromyia.

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Heteromyia:

• Heteromyia antequerae (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1893)
• Heteromyia bejaranoi Duret & Lane, 1955
• Heteromyia castaenea Lane, 1946
• Heteromyia chaquensis Duret & Lane, 1955
• Heteromyia clavata Williston, 1900
• Heteromyia correntina Duret & Lane, 1955
• Heteromyia dominicana Szadziewski & Grogan, 1997
• Heteromyia fasciata Say, 1825
• Heteromyia kiefferi Lane, 1946
• Heteromyia lamprogaster Edwards, 1933
• Heteromyia nigra Kieffer, 1917
• Heteromyia oedidactyla (Ingram & Macfie, 1931)
• Heteromyia orellana (Roback, 1957)
• Heteromyia prattii (Coquillett, 1902)
• Heteromyia rufa Kieffer, 1917
• Heteromyia turgidipes (Ingram & Macfie, 1931)
• Heteromyia wokei Wirth & Grogan

Further reading

• World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). 2012. Borkent. A.. 2018-05-05. 2014-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114030/http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/files/8413/4219/9566/CeratopogonidaeCatalog.pdf. dead.
• Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). 2009. Borkent. Art. Grogan. W. L. Jr.. Zootaxa. 2273. 1–48. 10.11646/zootaxa.2273.1.1.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine. J. F.. Petersen. B. V.. Shewell. G. E.. Teskey. H. J.. Vockeroth. J. R.. Wood. D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.