| Culicoides Temporal range:
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| Culicoides sonorensis after blood meal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae |
| Tribe: | Culicoidini |
| Genus: | Culicoides Latreille, 1809 |
| Subgenera | |
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Numerous, see text | |
Culicoides is a genus of biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are over 1000 species in the genus,[1][2] which is divided into many subgenera. Several species are known to be vectors of various diseases and parasites which can affect animals. The genus has a long fossil record, with earliest known fossils being from Burmese amber, around 99 million years old.[3]
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- ^ Connelly, C. R. Biting midges: Culicoides spp. Featured Creatures, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida IFAS. August 2013 Edition.
- ^ Szadziewski, Ryszard; Dominiak, Patrycja; Sontag, Elżbieta; Krzemiński, Wiesław; Wang, Bo; Szwedo, Jacek (2019-10-24). "Haematophagous biting midges of the extant genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) evolved during the mid-Cretaceous". Zootaxa. 4688 (4): 535–548. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4688.4.5. PMID 31719428.