Definition of Genus Ceratopogon

1. Noun. Type genus of the Ceratopogonidae.

Exact synonyms: Ceratopogon
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Ceratopogonidae, Family Ceratopogonidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ceratopogon

genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera
genus Cephalopterus
genus Cephalotaxus
genus Cephalotus
genus Cepphus
genus Cerapteryx
genus Cerastes
genus Cerastium
genus Ceratitis
genus Ceratodus
genus Ceratonia
genus Ceratopetalum
genus Ceratophyllum
genus Ceratopogon (current term)
genus Ceratopteris
genus Ceratosaurus
genus Ceratostomella
genus Ceratotherium
genus Ceratozamia
genus Cercidiphyllum
genus Cercidium
genus Cercis
genus Cercocebus
genus Cercopithecus
genus Cercospora
genus Cercosporella
genus Cereus
genus Certhia

Literary usage of Genus Ceratopogon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1890)
"Although its relationship to the genus Ceratopogon is thus seen to be a rather intimate one, still the general aspect is strikingly different ; besides the ..."

2. Handbook of Instructions for Collectors by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"Chironomidae (Midges):—genus Ceratopogon. ... species at present known are confined to the genus Ceratopogon, which is universally distributed, ..."

3. Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies by Ernest Edward Austen (1906)
"genus Ceratopogon, Meigen* ... The author in question also introduced three other genera at the expense of the old genus Ceratopogon, which, ..."

4. Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies by Ernest Edward Austen (1906)
"The author in question also introduced three other genera at the expense of the old genus Ceratopogon, which, owing to the large number of species comprised ..."

5. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"The genus Ceratopogon, as restricted by Kieffer, is not supposed to take vertebrate blood, but Austen has recently noticed that the type specimen of C. ..."

6. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"The genus Ceratopogon, placed in this subfamily by Meigen and Macquart, is removed to the following by Latreille; its transformations, indeed, totally vary ..."

7. The Practical study of malaria and other blood parasites by John William Watson Stephens (1904)
"The arrow indicates the point at which the costal vein genus Ceratopogon. ends. Very minute midges. Wings generally spotted. Head depressed in front, ..."

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