
Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies colloquially known as no-see-ums, sand flies or biting midges, generally in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic. Ceratopogonidae midges are also one of the best-studied cocoa pollinators. ==Description== See for full details of morphology.
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Ceratopogonidae is a family of flies colloquially known as no-see-ums, sand flies or biting midges, generally in length. The family includes more than 5,000 species, distributed worldwide, apart from the Antarctic and the Arctic. Ceratopogonidae midges are also one of the best-studied cocoa pollinators. ==Description== See for full details of morphology.
==Biology==
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