Culicoides
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Translingual[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin culex (“gnat, midge”) + -oides (“-oid, -like”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun[edit]
Culicoides m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – bloodsucking midges of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Ceratopogonidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Culicoides arakawae - species
References[edit]
Culicoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Culicoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Culicoides at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
