Culicoides sahariensis Kieffer, 1923 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Diptera family Ceratopogonidae genus Culicoides species Culicoides sahariensis Name Synonyms Culicoides baghdadensis Khalaf, 1957 Culicoides coluzzii Callot, Krémer & Bailly-Choumara, 1970 Culicoides flavisimilis Dzhafarov, 1964 Homonyms Culicoides sahariensis Kieffer, 1923