''Atrichopogon'' is a genus of biting midges, small flies in the family

Ceratopogonidae Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies commonly known as no-see-ums, sand flies or biting midges, generally in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic. A 2025 study fro ...

. Some ''Atrichopogon'' (and '' Forcipomyia'') species are

ectoparasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted str ...

s on larger insects.

References

* Borkent, A. 2011: World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). * Felippe-Bauer, M.L. et al. 2012: Two new species of Atrichopogon Kieffer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3566: 39–50. * Huerta, H. 2008: Description of a new species of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Neotropical Mexico. Russian entomological journal, 17(1): 73-74. * Huerta, H.; Dzul, F. 2012: Two new species of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 3557: 20–30. * Marino, P.I.; Tóthová, A.; Spinelli, G.R. 2011: Two new Patagonian species of Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, 2777: 61–68. * Spinelli, G.R.; Marino, P.I. 2007: A new Neotropical species of Atrichopogon Kieffer, and a redescription of A. casali Cavalieri & Chiossone (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Studies on Neotropical fauna and environment, 42(3): 203-209, * Spinelli, G.R., Marino, P.I. & Huerta, H. 2015. Revision of the Neotropical species of the subgenus Atrichopogon (Psilokempia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4003 (1): 1–64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4003.1.1. Preview (PDF) (paperback); (Online edition) * Szadziewski, R. 2001: European Atrichopogon of the subgenus Psilokempia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polish journal of entomology, 70: 359-374. * Szadziewski, R.; Dominiak, P. 2009: Biting midges of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) described by Kieffer from Taiwan. Zootaxa, 2239: 45-54. * Tóthová, A.; Spinelli, G.R.; Marino, P.I. 2009: A new Nearctic species of Atrichopogon (Meleohelea) and a redescription of Atrichopogon (M.) chilensis Ingram & Macfie (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, 2023: 47-54 * Huang, E.; Cai, H.; Yang, A.; Lin, D.; Wang, G.; Yu, Y. 2009: Two new species of Atrichopogon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from China. Oriental insects, 43: 365-367 * Wirth, W.W. & N.C. Ratanaworabhan, 1992: Two new oriental species of Atrichopogon related to A. jacobsoni (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Oriental Insects 26 (1): 265-274, * Yan, G.; Zhang, Y.; Yu, Y.-X. 1995: Five new species of the genus Atrichopogon from Tibet, China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Contributions to epidemiology, 1: 96-103. * Yu, Y-x. et al. 2005: Ceratopogonidae of China: Insecta, Diptera. Volume I. Military Medical Science Press, Beijing. * Yu, Y-x.; Yan, G. 2010: Two new species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Sichuan journal of zoology, 29(2): 200-202.

External links

* * Ceratopogonidae Chironomoidea genera Articles containing video clips Taxa named by Jean-Jacques Kieffer {{Chironomoidea-stub