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A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones.
Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, sand flies or biting midges, generally 1–3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 8 in) in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, [2] distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic.
Thaumaleidae, the solitary midges or trickle midges, are a group of nematoceran flies related to the Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, and the Simuliidae. They are small, stocky, yellow to brown flies (3–4 mm). Very few species are known for this family (about 120 species in five genera).
Midges are small, flying insects belonging to the family Chironomidae. Unlike mosquitoes, most species of midges do not bite. However, there are biting midges, known as Ceratopogonidae or "no-see ...
Flying midges in their adult stage are eaten by fish and insectivorous birds, such as swallows and martins. They are also thought to be an especially important food source for tufted duck chicks during their first few days of life. They also are preyed on by bats and flying predatory insects, such as Odonata and dance flies.
Leptoconops (black gnat) [1] is a midge genus in the family Ceratopogonidae. [2] It has a mostly tropical or subtropical distribution worldwide, [3] but some species occur as far north as Moscow region in Russia and the Yukon Territory in Canada. [4] This genus is relictual, having had a pantropical distribution during the Cretaceous. [5]
Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b (buzzer midge) Chironomus polaris Kirby, 1824 c g; Chironomus polonicus Michailova, Kownacki & Langton, 2013 g [6] Chironomus polystictus (Kieffer, 1911) c g; Chironomus praeapicalis Tokunaga, 1964 c g; Chironomus praecox (Meigen, 1818) c g; Chironomus prasinellus (Kieffer, 1912) c g; Chironomus ...
The Cecidomyiinae, commonly known as gall midges or gall gnats, is the largest subfamily in Cecidomyiidae with over 600 genera and more than 5000 described species. [1] Larvae of the other ( basal ) cecidomyiid subfamilies feed on fungi; whereas this subfamily is best known for its members that induce galls on plants.