Palpomyiini
| Palpomyiini | |
|---|---|
 
 | |
| Bezzia | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Diptera | 
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae | 
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae | 
| Tribe: | |
Palpomyiini is a tribe of biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are about 5 genera and more than 610 described species in Palpomyiini.[1][2]

Genera
These five genera belong to the tribe Palpomyiini:
- Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 1981
 - Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
 - Pachyhelea Wirth, 1959
 - Palpomyia Meigen
 - Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 1965
 
References
- ^ "Palpomyiini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - ^ "Palpomyiini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 
Further reading
- Borkent, A. (2012). World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
 - Borkent, Art; Grogan, W. L. Jr. (2009). "Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2273: 1–48. ISSN 1175-5326.
 - McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
 
External links
 Media related to Palpomyiini at Wikimedia Commons
