Palpomyiini
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| Palpomyiini | |
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| Bezzia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae |
| Tribe: | Palpomyiini |
Palpomyiini is a tribe of biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are about 5 genera and more than 610 described species in Palpomyiini.[1][2]
These five genera belong to the tribe Palpomyiini:
- Amerohelea Grogan & Wirth, 1981
- Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
- Pachyhelea Wirth, 1959
- Palpomyia Meigen
- Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 1965
