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Issue: Vol. 3881 No. 6: 10 Nov. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-11-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.6.7
Page range: 583–590
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 3

The immatures of Culicoides lacustris Ronderos (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco", Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica – CIEMEP. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ecología y Sistemática Animal (LIESA), Sarmiento 849, 9200, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina.
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata- Cepave-ILPLA-CCT-CONICET, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata.
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata- Cepave-ILPLA-CCT-CONICET, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata.
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata- Cepave-ILPLA-CCT-CONICET, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata.
Argentina ultrastructure immature stages Culicoides lacustris

Abstract

Larva and pupa of the Patagonian species Culicoides lacustris Ronderos are described in detail with phase-contrast microscope at oil immersion and scanning electron microscope. Studied specimens were collected in a wetland, alongside to the Provincial Route 12, between the cities of Esquel and Gualjaina in the Chubut Province. They are compared with the more similar congener, Culicoides venezuelensis Ortiz & Mirsa.