''Forcipomyia'' is a genus of biting midges in the subfamily

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. Species of the subgenus '' Lasiohelea'' suck vertebrate blood. Some species are ectoparasites on larger insects. Other species in the genus are important pollinators of the cacao tree (''

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''). There are at least 1,000 described species in ''Forcipomyia''.

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* Borkent, A. 2011: World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). * Chen, H.; Liu, Y.; Yu, Y. 2012: Two new biting midges of the subfamily Forcipomyiinae Lenz (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from China. Zootaxa 3582: 33–36. * Debenham, M.L. 1987: The biting midge genus ''Forcipomyia'' (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian region (exclusive of New Zealand). I. Introduction, key to subgenera, and the ''Thyridomyia'' and ''Trichohelea'' groups of subgenera. Invertebrate taxonomy, 1(1): 35-119. * Debenham, M.L. 1987: The biting midge genus ''Forcipomyia'' (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian region (exclusive of New Zealand). II. ''Warmkea'' and the ''Caloforcipomyia'' group of subgenera. Invertebrate taxonomy, 1(2): 167-199. * Debenham, M.L. 1987: The biting midge genus ''Forcipomyia'' (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian region (exclusive of New Zealand). III. The subgenera ''Forcipomyia'', s.s., and ''Lepidohelea''. Invertebrate taxonomy, 1(3): 269-350. * Debenham, M.L. 1987: The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian region (exclusive of New Zealand). IV. The subgenera allied to ''Forcipomyia'', s.s., and ''Lepidohelea'', and the interrelationships and biogeography of the subgenera of ''Forcipomyia''. Invertebrate taxonomy, 1(6): 631-684. * Johannsen, O.A., 1950: A New ''Pterobosc''a from Florida with a Key to American Species. Florida Entomologist, 33 (4): 141-144. * Liu, Y-q.; Chen, H-y.; Yu, Y-x. 2009: A key of ''Forciomyia orcipomyia(Synthyridomyia)'' with discription escriptionof a new species from China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Sichuan journal of zoology, 28(4): 521-523. * Liu, J.-H.; Yan, G.; Liu, G.-P.; Hao, B.-S.; Liu, Z.-J.; Yu, Y.-X. 2001: Forcipomyiinae of China (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) II. The genus ''Forcipomyia'' Meigen. Fauna of China, 3: 1-256. * Marino, P.I.; Spinelli, G.R. 2008: Biting midges of the ''Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) argenteola'' group in southern South America, with description of a new species and a key to the Neotropical species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). International journal of tropical biology and conservation, 56(2): 789-794. * Meigen, J. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 1, v-xii, xxxvi + 1-332. Friedrich Wilhelm Forstmann, Aachen. * Saha, P.K.; Kumar Dasgupta, S.; Gangopadhyay, D.; Mukherjee, T.K. 2009: A morphotaxonomic study of the Indian species of ''Forcipomyia'' Meigen biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India occasional paper, (299) * Sun, H.; Ke, M.-J.; Li, S.-X.; Li, L.-Y.; Yu, Y.-x. 2009: Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Zhuhai, China. New species and new record of the genus ''Forcipomyia'' Miegen. Acta Parasitology et Medica Entomologica Sinica, 16(2): 104-106. * Szadziewski, R., 1988: Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Baltic amber. Polskie pismo entomologiczne, 58(1): 3-283. * Szadziewski, R., 1990: Biting midges (Insecta: Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Sakhalin amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi, 41: 77-81. * Szadziewski, R., 1993: Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Miocene Saxonian amber. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 35(3): 603-656. * Szadziewski, R. & Sonntag, E., 2013: A new species of ''Forcipomyia'' from Paleocene Sakhalin amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polish Journal of Entomology, 82 (1): 59-62, * Yu, Y. et al. 2005: Ceratopogonidae of China: Insecta, Diptera. Volume I. Military Medical Science Press, Beijing. * Yu, Y.-x.; Song, F.-C. 2008: A new subgenus, two new species of ''Forcipomyia'' from China (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica, 33(4): 793-795.

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