Culicoides hildebrandoi, a new species of the reticulatus species group from the Brazilian Amazon Region (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

By

Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa
Marques, Antonio
Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza
Pessoa, Felipe
Medeiros, Jansen
Santarém, Maria Clara

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

571

Pages

105-111

Subjects

Amazonas , Biting midges , Brazil , Rondônia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.571.7341

 

Abstract

A new species of biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Culicoides hildebrandoi sp. n., is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens from the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. This new species belongs to the reticulatus species group and differs from the 24 other species of this group by the elongate slightly swollen 3rd palpal segment with scattered capitate sensilla but lacking a sensory pit.