Two new Culicoides of the paraensis species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Amazonian region of Peru

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. 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. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Miinsterio de Agricultura. Servicio Nacional de Sanidad AgraRia. Lima Peru.
Centro de Salud Bagua Grande, Sub Región de Salud Bagua. Amazonas, Perú.

Abstract

Two new species of the Culicoides paraensis species group, C. diversus Felippe-Bauer and C. peruvianus Felippe-Bauer, are described and illustrated based on female specimens from Amazonian region of Peru. A systematic key, table with numerical characters of females, and distribution of species of the C. paraensis group are given.

Keywords in Portuguese

Culicoides
Midges sugadores de sangue neotropicais
Região Amazônica
Peru

Keywords

Neotropical bloodsucking midges
Culicoides diversus sp.n.
Culicoides paraensis group
Culicoides peruvianus sp.n.
Amazonian region
Peru

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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Citation

FELIPPE-BAUER, Maria Luiza et al. Two new Culicoides of the paraensis species group (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) from the Amazonian region of Peru. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 98, n. 8, p. 1051-1058, Dec. 2003.

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10.1590/s0074-02762003000800014

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0074-0206

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/40273

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