Culicoides hildebrandoi, a new species of the reticulatus species group from the Brazilian Amazon Region (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

Abstract. A new species of biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Culicoides hildebrandoi sp. n., is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens from the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. This new species belongs to the reticulatus species group and differs from the 24 othe...

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Autores principales: Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa, Pereira Júnior, Antonio Marques, Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza, Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa, Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes, Santarém, Maria Clara Alves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27110160
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.571.7341
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Sumario:Abstract. A new species of biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Culicoides hildebrandoi sp. n., is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens from the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. This new species belongs to the reticulatus species group and differs from the 24 other species of this group by the elongate slightly swollen 3(rd) palpal segment with scattered capitate sensilla but lacking a sensory pit.

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