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Issue: Vol. 5433 No. 4: 9 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.4.7
Page range: 581-587
Abstract views: 16
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New species of Culicoides, description of female of Culicoides pseudocrescentis Tavares & Luna Dias and new record of Culicoides castillae Fox from Southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Coleção de Ceratopogonidae; Laboratório de Diptera; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Av. Brasil 4365; CEP 21040-900; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil.
Coleção de Ceratopogonidae; Laboratório de Diptera; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Av. Brasil 4365; CEP 21040-900; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil.
Laboratório de Viroses de Bovídeos; Instituto Biológico; Av. Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves 1252; CEP 04014-900; Vila Mariana; São Paulo; SP; Brazil.
Laboratório de Viroses de Bovídeos; Instituto Biológico; Av. Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves 1252; CEP 04014-900; Vila Mariana; São Paulo; SP; Brazil.
Diptera Neotropical bloodsucking midges Culicoides andradinensis sp.nov. Culicoides limai group Espírito Santo São Paulo

Abstract

A new species of Culicoides, C. andradinensis Felippe-Bauer & Santarém is described and illustrated based on female specimens from the municipality of Andradina, São Paulo state, Brazil. The new species is placed in the limai species group and compared with their related congeners. The description of females of Culicoides pseudocrescentis Tavares & Luna Dias based on specimens from Brazilian states of Espírito Santo and São Paulo is given. Culicoides castillae Fox is first recorded from Brazil. All studied specimens are deposited in the Ceratopogonidae Collection of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil (Fiocruz/CCER).

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