Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Infraorder Culicomorpha Scientific name Ceratopogoninae Rank Subfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Suborder Nematocera Superfamily Chironomoidea Higher classification Sandflies Lower classifications Highland midge, Serromyia | |
The Ceratopogoninae are a subfamily of biting midges. The larvae are elongated without prolegs or hooks. Most larvae of this subfamily are predatory. Adults generally take vertebrate blood or attack other insects.
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