Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 - true flies, mosquitoes, gnats
Nematocera Latreille, 1825
Culicomorpha
Superfamily Chironomoidea Macquart, 1838
Family Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834
Subfamily Ceratopogoninae Newman, 1834
Genus Culicoides Latreille, 1809
Subgenus Oecacta Poey, 1851
Culicoides minutissimus (Zetterstedt, 1855)