Ceratopogonidae
Synonyms
Biting Midge
Biting Midges
Culicoide
Culicoides
Leptoconop
Leptoconops
Midge, Biting
Midges, Biting
A family of biting midges, in the order DIPTERA. It includes the genus Culicoides which transmits filarial parasites pathogenic to man and other primates.