Corethrella is a genus of midges that are classified in the family Corethrellidae.
Systematics The genus currently comprises 132 extant and 10 fossil species.Yu, Y.-X., Huang, E.-J. & Zhang, J.-Q. (2013) A new species of Corethrellidae in China-Corethrella feipengi sp. nov. (Diptera: Corethrellidae) Acta Parasitology et Medica Entomologica Sinica, 20, 261–264. [in Chinese, English summary]Wang, Fei-peng; Huang, En-jiong; Yang, Mei-qiong; Yu, Yi-xin; Ouyang, Ming-an; Guan, Xiong (2015). «The frog-biting midges from China with description of two new species (Diptera: Corethrellidae)». Journal of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(Natural Science Edition). 44 (3): 245–249Amaral, André P.; Pinho, Luiz Carlos (9 de abril de 2015). «New species and records of frog-biting midges from southern Brazil (Diptera: Corethrellidae)». Zootaxa (em inglês). 3946 (2): 274–284. ISSN 1175-5334. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.9Caldart, Vinícius Matheus; Santos, Maurício Beux dos; Iop, Samanta; Pinho, Luiz Carlos; Cechin, Sonia Zanini (2016). «Hematophagous Flies Attracted to Frog Calls in a Preserved Seasonal Forest of the Austral Neotropics, with a Description of a New Species of Corethrella (Diptera: Corethrellidae)». Zoological Science. 33 (5): 527–536. ISSN 0289-0003. doi:10.2108/zs150173Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Bernal, Ximena E. (5 de novembro de 2018). «A new species of frog-biting midge from Papua New Guinea with a key to the described Corethrellidae of the Australopapuan region (Diptera, Corethrellidae, Corethrella)». ZooKeys (795): 39–48. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6232238. PMID 30429656. doi:10.3897/zookeys.795.28543Baranov, Viktor; Kvifte, Gunnar M.; Müller, Patrick; Bernal, Ximena E. (1 de setembro de 2019). «A new species of fossil Corethrella (Diptera, Corethrellidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber». Cretaceous Research (em inglês). 101: 84–91. ISSN 0195-6671. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.05.002Amaral, André P.; Mariano, Rodolfo; Pinho, Luiz Carlos (6 de dezembro de 2019). «Four new species and some new records of Brazilian frog-biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae)». Zootaxa (em inglês). 4706 (1): 103–120. ISSN 1175-5334. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.4
Extant species
Subgenus Corethrella Coquillett, 1902
Corethrella aereus Wang & Yu, 2015 Corethrella alba Borkent, 2008 Corethrella albicoxa Borkent, 2008 Corethrella alticola Lane, 1939 Corethrella amabilis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella amazonica Lane, 1939 Corethrella ananacola Dyar, 1926 Corethrella anniae Borkent, 2008 Corethrella appendiculata Grabham, 1906 Corethrella aridicola Borkent, 2008 Corethrella atricornis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella aurita Borkent, 2008 Corethrella badia Borkent, 2008 Corethrella belkini Borkent, 2008 Corethrella bicincta Borkent, Grafe & Miyagi, 2012 Corethrella bicolor Borkent, 2008 Corethrella bifida Amaral & Pinho, 2023 Corethrella bipigmenta Borkent & Grafe, 2012 Corethrella blanda Dyar, 1928 Corethrella blandafemur Borkent, 2008 Corethrella blantoni Borkent, 2008 Corethrella borkenti Amaral, Pinho, 2015 Corethrella brakeleyi (Coquillett, 1902) Corethrella brandiae Borkent, 2008 Corethrella brevivena Borkent, 2008 Corethrella briannae Borkent, 2008 Corethrella brunnea Borkent, 2012 Corethrella buettikeri Cranston, 1980 Corethrella cabocla Feijó, Belchior, Marialva & Pessoa, 2021 Corethrella calathicola Edwards, 1930 Corethrella cambirela Amaral, Mariano & Pinho, 2019 Corethrella canningsi Borkent, 2008 Corethrella carariensis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella cardosoi Lane, 1942 Corethrella caribbeana Borkent, 2008 Corethrella collessi Borkent, 2008 Corethrella colombiana Borkent, 2008 Corethrella compacta Amaral & Pinho, 2025 Corethrella condita Borkent, 2008 Corethrella contraria Borkent, 2008 Corethrella coronata Amaral & Pinho, 2025 Corethrella curta Borkent, 2008 Corethrella davisi Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 Corethrella dehuai Wang & Yu, 2015 Corethrella dicosimoae Borkent, 2008 Corethrella doryphallica Amaral & Pinho, 2025 Corethrella douglasi Borkent, 2008 Corethrella drakensbergensis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella edwardsi Lane, 1942 Corethrella evenhuisi Borkent, 2008 Corethrella feipengi Yu, Huang & Zhang, 2013 Corethrella flavitibia Lane, 1939 Corethrella fulva Lane, 1939 Corethrella fuscifimbria Amaral & Pinho, 2023 Corethrella fuscipalpis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella fusciradialis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella galba Borkent, 2024 Corethrella gilva Borkent & Grafe, 2012 Corethrella globosa Borkent, 2008 Corethrella gloma Borkent, 2008 Corethrella grandipalpis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella guadeloupensis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella harrisoni Freeman, 1962 Corethrella hirta Borkent, 2008 Corethrella hispaniolensis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella ielemdei Feijó, Ramires, Lima & Pessoa, 2021 Corethrella inca Lane, 1939 Corethrella incompta Borkent, 2008 Corethrella inepta Annandale, 1911 Corethrella infuscata Lane, 1939 Corethrella inornata Borkent, 2008 Corethrella jenningsi Lane, 1942 Corethrella kerrvillensis (Stone, 1965) Corethrella kipferi Dorff, Borkent & Curler, 2022 Corethrella lepida Borkent, 2008 Corethrella librata Belkin, Heinemann & Page, 1970 Corethrella longituba Belkin, Heinemann & Page, 1970 Corethrella lopesi Lane, 1942 Corethrella lutea Borkent & Grafe, 2012 Corethrella manaosensis (Lane & Cerqueira, 1958) Corethrella marksae Colless, 1986 Corethrella mckeeveri Colless, 1994 Corethrella melanica Lane & Aitken, 1956 Corethrella menini Feijó, Picelli, Ríos-Velásquez & Pessoa, 2021 Corethrella mitra Borkent & Grafe, 2012 Corethrella munteantaroku Amaral, Mariano & Pinho, 2019 Corethrella nanoantennalis Borkent & Grafe, 2012 Corethrella nippon Miyagi, 1980 Corethrella obtusa Amaral & Pinho, 2025 Corethrella oppositophila Kvifte & Bernal, 2018 Corethrella orthicola Borkent, 2008 Corethrella pallida Lane, 1942 Corethrella pallidula Bugledich, 1999 Corethrella pallitarsis Edwards, 1930 Corethrella parallela Amaral & Pinho, 2025 Corethrella patasho Amaral & Pinho, 2023 Corethrella pauciseta Borkent, 2008 Corethrella peruviana Lane, 1939 Corethrella picticollis Edwards, 1930 Corethrella pillosa Lane, 1939 Corethrella pindorama Amaral & Pinho, 2023 Corethrella procera Borkent, 2008 Corethrella puella Shannon & Ponte, 1928 Corethrella quadrivittata Shannon & Ponte, 1928 Corethrella ramentum Borkent, 2008 Corethrella ranapungens Borkent, 2008 Corethrella redacta Borkent, 2008 Corethrella remiantennalis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella rotunda Borkent, 2008 Corethrella selvicola Lane, 1939 Corethrella solomonis Belkin, 1962 Corethrella squamifemora Borkent, 2008 Corethrella stenostyla Amaral, Bello-González & Pinho, 2021 Corethrella tarsata Lane, 1942 Corethrella tigrina Borkent & Grafe, 2012 Corethrella towadensis Okada & Hara, 1962 Corethrella travassosi Lane, 1942 Corethrella trivittata Amaral & Pinho, 2025 Corethrella truncata Borkent, 2008 Corethrella ugandensis Borkent, 2008 Corethrella unifasciata Amaral & Pinho, 2023 Corethrella unisetosa Borkent, 2008 Corethrella unizona Borkent & Grafe, 2012 Corethrella urumense Miyagi, 1980 Corethrella varia Borkent, 2008 Corethrella vittata Lane, 1939 Corethrella whartoni Vargas, 1952 Corethrella wirthi Stone, 1968 Corethrella xokleng Amaral, Mariano & Pinho, 2019 Corethrella yanomami Amaral, Mariano & Pinho, 2019 Corethrella yucuman Caldart & Pinho, 2016
Subgenus Notocorethrella Belkin, 1968
Corethrella novaezealandiae Tonnoir, 1927
Nomina dubia
Corethrella barrettoi Lane, 1942 Corethrella japonica (Komyo, 1954) Corethrella maculata Lane, 1939 Corethrella shannoni Lane, 1939 Corethrella stonei Lane, 1942 Corethrella striata Lane, 1942 Corethrella whitmani Lane, 1942
Fossil species
Subgenus Corethrella Coquillett, 1902
Corethrella andersoni Poinar & Szadziewski, 2007 Corethrella baltica Borkent, 2008 Corethrella dominicana Borkent, 2008 Corethrella miocaenica Szadziewski, Krzeminski and Kutscher, 1994 Corethrella nudistyla Borkent and Szadziewski, 1992 Corethrella patula Baranov & Kvifte, 2019 Corethrella prisca Borkent & Szadziewski, 1992 Corethrella rovnoensis Baranov & Kvifte, 2016 Corethrella sontagae Baranov & Kvifte, 2016
Subgenus Fossicorethrella Szadziewski, 1995
Corethrella cretacea Szadziewski, 1995
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