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Issue: Vol. 4033 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.2
Page range: 48–56
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

Ten species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) newly recorded from Thailand

Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand 10400.
Department of Agriculture, Po Box 37846, Winnellie, NT, Australia, 0821, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, NT, 0909 Australia.
Graduate School of e-learning, Assumption University, Sumut Prakan, Thailand 10540
Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand 10400.
Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand 10400.
Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand 10400.
Diptera Culicoides arenicola C. flavipunctatus C. hui C. kinari C. kusaiensis C. parabubalus C. quatei C. spiculae C. pseudocordiger and C. tamada

Abstract

A survey of biting midges in animal sheds, mangroves and beaches along the Andaman coastal region in southern Thailand between April 2012 and May 2013 collected 10 species of Culicoides which were not previously known from Thailand. These new records are C. arenicola, C. flavipunctatus, C. hui, C. kinari, C. kusaiensis, C. parabubalus, C. quatei, C. spiculae, C. pseudocordiger and C. tamada. An updated checklist of species of Culicoides reported from Thailand is provided.