Bodenheimer (Animal Life in Palestine, 1935):
only mentions Culicoides and Forcipomyia as "Chironomid Midges".
From Wikipedia:
Ceratopogonidae, or biting midges, are a family of small flies (1-4 mm long) in the order Diptera. They are closely related to the Chironomidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. They are found in almost any aquatic or semiaquatic habitat throughout the world. Females of most species are adapted to suck blood from some kind of host animal. Culicoides, Forcipomyia, and Leptoconops suck vertebrate blood. Some Atrichopogon and Forcipomyia are ectoparasites on larger insects. Dasyhelea feed exclusively on nectar. Species in other genera are predatory on other small insects. Larvae are always found in some damp location, such as under bark, in rotten wood, compost, mud, stream margins, tree holes, or water-holding plants (i.e., phytotelmata). Many of the blood-sucking species, or those that feed via hematophagy, are pests in beach or mountain habitats. Other species are important pollinators of tropical crops such as cacao. The blood-sucking species may be vectors of disease-causing viruses, protozoa, and filarial worms.
| Species | Reference source | Collection |
| Culicoides azerbajdzhanicus Dzhafarov, 1962 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides begueti Clastrier, 1957 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides cataneii Clastrier, 1957 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides catharinae Kremer, Delecolle and Braverman, 1991 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918 | Bodenheimer, 1937 Kremer et al., 1981 |
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| Culicoides derisor Callot and Kremer, 1965 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides distinctipennis Austen, 1912 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides faghihi Navai, 1971 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides fagineus Edwards, 1939 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides fascipennis Staeger, 1839 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides firuzae Dzhafarov, 1958 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides gejgelensis Dzhafarov, 1964 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer, 1918 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides hanae Braverman, Delecolle and Kremer, 1983 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides haranti Rioux, Descous and Pech, 1959 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides indistinctus Khalaf, 1961 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides near iranica Navai, 1971 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides jumineri Callot and Kremer, 1969 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga, 1937 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides kingi Austen, 1912 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides kurensis Gutsevich, 1960 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides langeroni Kieffer, 1921 | Kremer Braverman & Delecolle, 1981 | |
| Culicoides leucostictus Kieffer, 1911 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides longipennis Khalaf, 1957 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides marcleti Callot, Kremer and Basset, 1968 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides maritimus Kieffer, 1924 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides mesghalii Navai, 1973 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides montanus Schakirzganova, 1962 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides navaiae Lane, 1983 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides newsteadi Austen, 1921 | Bodenheimer, 1937 Braverman et al., 1996 |
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| Culicoides obsoletus Meigen, 1818 | Bodenheimer, 1937 Braverman et al., 1996 |
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| Culicoides odiatus Austen, 1921 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides odibilis Austen, 1921 | Kremer Braverman & Delecolle, 1981 | |
| Culicoides oxystoma Kieffer, 1910 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides pallidicornis Kieffer, 1919 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides picturatus Kremer and Deduit, 1961 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides pseudolangeroni Kremer, Chaker and Delecolle, 1981 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides pseudopallidus Khalaf, 1961 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides pulicaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Bodenheimer, 1937 Braverman et al., 1996 |
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| Culicoides punctatus Meigen , 1804 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides puncticollis Becker, 1903 | Kremer Braverman & Delecolle, 1981 | |
| Culicoides ravus de Meillon, 1936 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides sahariensis Kieffer, 1923 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides sejfadinei Dzhafarov, 1958 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides semimaculatus Clastrier, 1957 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides sergenti Kieffer, 1921 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides shaklawensis Khalaf, 1957 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides simulator Edwards, 1939 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides subneglectus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 Kremer et al., 1981 |
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| Culicoides univittatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 Braverman et al., 1996 |
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| Culicoides vidourlensis Callot, Kremer, Mollet and Bach, 1968 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Culicoides vitreipennis Winnertz, 1852 | Braverman et al., 1996 | |
| Monohelea illustris Winnertz | Bodenheimer, 1937 |
| Species | Reference source | Collection |
| Forcipomyia brachypetiolata Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Forcipomyia flavomaculata Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Forcipomyia geniculata Guer. Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Forcipomyia imaculata Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Forcipomyia latipalpis Kieffer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Forcipomyia ochraeus Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Forcipomyia squamatricus Kieffer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Forcipomyia trichoptera Hoff. | Bodenheimer, 1937 |
| Species | Reference source | Collection |
| Leptoconops bezzii Noe. | Bodenheimer, 1937 |
| Species | Reference source | Collection |
| Culicoides albonotatus Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides albosignatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides biarcuatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides bipunctatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides Bodenheimer, 1937i Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides cantans Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides chiopterus (Meigen, 1830) | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides flavipes Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides flavirostris Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides flavitarsis Vimmer | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides griseovittatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides guttularis Kieffer, 1919 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | Bet Dagan |
| Culicoides luteosignatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides micromaculatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides mystacinus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides nubeculosus (Meigen, 1830) | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides pictipennis (Staeger, 1839) | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides polymaculatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides pumilus Schrk | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides quadrivittatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides quinquemaculatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides simulans Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides subfasciipennis Kieffer, 1919 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides tripunctatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides trivittatus Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 | |
| Culicoides wenigi Vimmer, 1932 | Bodenheimer, 1937 |