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 Avaritia Fox, 1955
                 1 Culicoides chiopterus (Meigen, 1830)
                 2 Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen, 1818)
                 3 Culicoides scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952