| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:family 
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                                | gptkbp:adultHabitat | forests meadows
 marshes
 near water
 
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                                | gptkbp:class | gptkb:Insecta 
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                                | gptkbp:commonName | biting midges 
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                                | gptkbp:describedBy | gptkb:Johann_Wilhelm_Meigen 
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                                | gptkbp:describedYear | 1818 
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                                | gptkbp:distribution | worldwide 
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                                | gptkbp:economicImportance | livestock pest nuisance to humans
 
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                                | gptkbp:foragingBehavior | hematophagous nectarivorous
 
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                                | gptkbp:kingdom | gptkb:Animalia 
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                                | gptkbp:larvalHabitat | decaying vegetation moist soil
 aquatic habitats
 
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                                | gptkbp:larvalStage | aquatic or semi-aquatic four instars
 
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                                | gptkbp:lifespan | few weeks 
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                                | gptkbp:morphologicalType | hairy wings antennae with many segments
 short proboscis
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableGenus | gptkb:Ceratopogon gptkb:Culicoides
 gptkb:Forcipomyia
 gptkb:Leptoconops
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfAxles | spotted or clear wings 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfSpecies | over 5,000 
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                                | gptkbp:order | gptkb:Diptera 
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                                | gptkbp:parasitizes | other insects 
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                                | gptkbp:phylum | gptkb:Arthropoda 
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                                | gptkbp:predators | birds spiders
 other insects
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Psychodidae gptkb:Chironomidae
 gptkb:Simuliidae
 
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                                | gptkbp:reproduction | eggs laid in moist environments 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | vector of animal diseases vector of bluetongue virus
 vector of filarial worms
 
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                                | gptkbp:size | 1–3 mm 
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                                | gptkbp:subfamily | gptkb:Nematocera 
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                                | gptkbp:superfamily | gptkb:Chironomoidea 
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                                | gptkbp:typeSpecies | gptkb:Ceratopogon 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Midge 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Ceratopogonidae 
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