| Forcipomyia | |
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| A Forcipomyia sp. sucks hemolymph from Nemophora metallica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Forcipomyiinae |
| Genus: | Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818 |
| Subgenera | |
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Forcipomyia is a genus of biting midges in the subfamily Forcipomyiinae. Species of the subgenus Lasiohelea suck vertebrate blood. Some species are ectoparasites on larger insects. Other species in the genus are important pollinators of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao).[1] There are at least 1,000 described species in Forcipomyia.[2][3][4][5]
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- ^ "Forcipomyia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Forcipomyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Forcipomyia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ^ "Browse Forcipomyia". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2018-02-27.