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Issue: Vol. 3401 No. 1: 27 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3401.1.7
Page range: 66–68
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the male of Culicoides (Hoffmania) baniwa Felippe-Bauer of the hylas species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Laboratório de Insetos sinantrópicos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69060-001, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Programa de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane - Fiocruz Amazônia Rua Terezina, 476. Adrianópolis. CEP: 69.057-070 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, CEP 21040-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Diptera Ceratopogonidae

Abstract

Borkent (2012) recognized 44 Neotropical species of Culicoides Latreille in the subgenus Hoffmania Fox. Of these, 33 belong to the C. guttatus species group and 11 to the C. hylas species group. One species in the latter group, Culicoides baniwa Felippe-Bauer, was recently described based on a female specimen collected in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil (Felippe-Bauer et al., 2009). The authors also include a key and a synopsis of the species of this group, which includes seven species inhabiting the Brazilian Amazon Region.

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