Culicoides
Translingual
Alternative forms
- Culicoïdes
Etymology
From Latin culex (“gnat, midge”) + -oides (“-oid, -like”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Culicoides m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – bloodsucking midges of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Ceratopogonidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Culicoides arakawae - species
References
Culicoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Culicoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Culicoides at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.