New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon

Abstract. BACKGROUND: Culicoides biting midges are small insects that are proven vectors of pathogens that cause disease in animals and humans. There are 1,368 species of Culicoides in the world, including 149 species in Brazil and 122 species in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. This study documents spec...

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Autores principales: Carvalho, Luis Paulo Costa, Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa, Gil, Luiz Herman Soares, Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa, Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28765729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e13075
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author Carvalho, Luis Paulo Costa
Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa
Gil, Luiz Herman Soares
Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa
Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes
author_facet Carvalho, Luis Paulo Costa
Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa
Gil, Luiz Herman Soares
Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa
Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: Culicoides biting midges are small insects that are proven vectors of pathogens that cause disease in animals and humans. There are 1,368 species of Culicoides in the world, including 149 species in Brazil and 122 species in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. This study documents specimens that were collected between 2013 and 2015 in the municipalities of Alvorada d’Oeste, Buritis, Cacoal, Costa Marques, Espigão d’Oeste, Guajará-Mirim, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho and São Francisco Guaporé. Collections were performed using HP light traps in forest, pasture and peridomicilie environments. NEW INFORMATION: Species newly recorded in Rondônia State include Culicoides carpenteri Wirth & Blanton, 1953; C. dasyophrus Macfie, 1940; C. eublepharus Macfie, 1948; C. galindoi Wirth & Blanton, 1953; C. heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944; and C. ignacioi Forattini, 1957. This is the first record in Brazil of C. darlingtonae Wirth & Blanton, 1971.
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spelling pubmed-55150672017-08-01 New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon Carvalho, Luis Paulo Costa Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa Gil, Luiz Herman Soares Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. BACKGROUND: Culicoides biting midges are small insects that are proven vectors of pathogens that cause disease in animals and humans. There are 1,368 species of Culicoides in the world, including 149 species in Brazil and 122 species in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. This study documents specimens that were collected between 2013 and 2015 in the municipalities of Alvorada d’Oeste, Buritis, Cacoal, Costa Marques, Espigão d’Oeste, Guajará-Mirim, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho and São Francisco Guaporé. Collections were performed using HP light traps in forest, pasture and peridomicilie environments. NEW INFORMATION: Species newly recorded in Rondônia State include Culicoides carpenteri Wirth & Blanton, 1953; C. dasyophrus Macfie, 1940; C. eublepharus Macfie, 1948; C. galindoi Wirth & Blanton, 1953; C. heliconiae Fox & Hoffman, 1944; and C. ignacioi Forattini, 1957. This is the first record in Brazil of C. darlingtonae Wirth & Blanton, 1971. Pensoft Publishers 2017-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5515067/ /pubmed/28765729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e13075 Text en Luis Paulo Costa Carvalho, Emanuelle de Sousa Farias, Luiz Herman Soares Gil, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Taxonomic Paper
Carvalho, Luis Paulo Costa
Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa
Gil, Luiz Herman Soares
Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa
Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes
New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon
title New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon
title_full New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon
title_fullStr New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon
title_full_unstemmed New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon
title_short New species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian Amazon
title_sort new species records of culicoides biting midges (diptera: ceratopogonidae) for the state of rondônia in brazilian amazon
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28765729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e13075
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