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Issue: Vol. 32 No. 2: May to July 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-05-13
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2022.32.2.1
Page range: 37–47
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Immature stages of Culicoides innoxius Sen & Das Gupta and pupa of C. huffi Causey (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from India

Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, 713104, India
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, 713104, India
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, 713104, India
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NILADRI HAZRA

Professor, Department of Zoology

Taxonomy Clavipalpis group Hoffmania immature key India

Abstract

Both larval and pupal stages of Culicoides innoxius Sen & Das Gupta and pupal stages of C. huffi Causey are described and illustrated. All specimens were collected from the Lower Gangetic plains of West Bengal. Larvae of C. innoxius were obtained from rotten banana stem, while a single pupa of C. huffi was collected from an irrigation channel associated with the rice agroecosystem. A pictorial pupal key of the species of the genus reported from India is provided.

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