Culicoides (unidentified)
(Unidentified Midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedCulicoides (unidentified) (Unidentified Midge)
GenusCulicoides (midge)
FamilyCERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Culicoides (unidentified) (Unidentified Midge) :
1: Culicoides (unidentified) (Unidentified Midge)
14 Mar 2004 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
long thin larva that swims by wriggling
Image 1: Head end - magnifiedImage 2: Head end - magnified (2)Image 3: Head end - magnified (3)Image 4: Head end - magnified (4)Image 5: Tail end - magnifiedImage 6: Whole animal - magnified

Culicoides (unidentified) (Unidentified Midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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