WoRMS name details
Ceratopogon melleus Coquillett, 1901
494567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494567)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Ceratopogon melleus Coquillett, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494567 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/techreport/48/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Habitat Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and in the Bahamas, Culicoides melleus larvae are found in the intertidal zone on sheltered beaches. They are confined to sand in the intertidal zone. [details]
