Corethrellidae
Corethrella
Frog-biting midges
- Corethrella (Corethrella)
- Corethrella (Lutzomiops)
- Corethrella (Fossicorethrella)
References
Borkent, A. 1993. A world catalogue of fossil and extant Corethrellidae and Chaoboridae (Diptera), with a listing of references to keys, bionomic information and descriptions of each known life stage. Ent. Scand. 24:1-24.
Borkent, A. 1998. 4. Corethrellidae. In P. Oosterbroek: The families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago. Brill: Boston. p. 64.
Cook, E. F. 1981. 24. Chaoboridae McAlpine J.F. (ed.): Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Vol. 1. Monograph 27, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. Pp. 335-341.
Szadziewski, R. 1995. The oldest fossil Corethrellidae (Diptera) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Acta Zool. Cracov. 38:177-181.
Thompson, F. C. (editor). 2005. Corethrella Coquillett. Biosystematic Database of World Diptera, Version 7.5. 79 work records (not peer-reviewed material). http://www.diptera.org/biosys.htm, accessed on 24 Mar. 2008
Information on the Internet
- Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales. Image of Corethrella engorging itself on a frog.
- U. Alberta. Illustration of male Corethrella.
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