A review of the bloodsucking midges of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae)*

ABSTRACT Data are presented recording the presence of 49 species of bloodsucking cerato‐pogonids in Trinidad, West Indies. Of these, 45 are Culicoides , one is a Leptoconops , and three belong to Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea). Five species are reported from Tobago: three Culicoides , one Leptoconops , and one Lasiohelea. The males of Culicoides benarrochi and C. fluviatilis are described for the first time, and the female of C. debilipalpis is redescribed. Culicoides filariferus and C. pseudodiabolicus are resurrected from synonymy, and characters are presented distinguishing them from C. diabolicus and C. guttatus. Biological data and keys to genera and species are included.