WORLD SPECIES OF BITING MIDGES (DIPTERA, CERATOPOGONIDAE)

A checklist of all available names of Ceratopogonidae is provided, inc luding author date of publication, page number of original description , and country or territory of the type locality. All validly named tax a described until December 1995 are included, with many of those named in 1996, and some in 1997 also incorporated. The catalog provides a b ibliography of all cited references and is fully indexed. Newly discov ered homonymy generated 24 newly proposed species names. Seven new syn onyms of species and one new generic synonym are proposed and two spec ies have new status. Twenty-four new combinations are recognized. One species is transferred to the Chironomidae (Chironominae). A number of further nomenclatural changes and problems are discussed. Guides are provided for the location of type material of Ceratopogonidae. The num ber of species in each genus, both extant and fossil, is provided.