Posted by John Carr on 13-03-2014 23:33
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There are six common genera of Ceratopogonidae in tropical America, and many less common.
Bezzia and
Stilobezzia are predatory.
Culicoides are usually parasitic on vertebrates.
Forcipomyia and
Atrichopogon are frequently parasitic on invertebrates.
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) is parasitic on vertebrates; the only North American species feeds on frogs.
Dasyhelea are neither predatory nor parasitic.
The last picture is probably
Forcipomyia, but probably not
Lasiohelea.
Edited by John Carr on 13-03-2014 23:34