Description of Culicoides pseudoheliconiae sp.n. from Peruvian Amazon and revalidation of Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel A. Carrión. Lima, Peru / Ministerio de la salud. Instituto Nacional de Salud. División de Entomologia. Lima, Peru.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Ministério de Agricultura. Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria. Lima, Perú.
Centro de Salud Bagua Grande. Sub Región de Salud Bagua. Amazonas, Peru .
niversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

A new species of the Culicoides hylas species group, Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer is described and illustrated based on female specimens from Peruvian Amazon, and Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon from Ecuador is resurrected and redescribed as a valid species. A systematic key, table with numerical characters of females of species of the Culicoides hylas group are given.

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Amazônia Peruana
Equador
Ceratopogonidae
Sanguessugas neotropicais

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Culicoides hylas group - C
Pseudoheliconiae sp.n.
C. contubernalis
Neotropical bloodsucking midges
Peruvian Amazon
Ecuador

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FELIPE-BAUER, Maria Luiza; et al. Description of Culicoides pseudoheliconiae sp.n. from Peruvian Amazon and revalidation of Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, v.103, n.3, p.259-262, May 2008.

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0074-0276

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