A species checklist of the subgenus Culicoides (Avaritia) in China, with a description of a new species (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

By

Chang, Qiong Qiong
Jiang, Xiaohong
Liu, Guo Ping
Li, Xiao Fei
Hou, Xiao Hui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

706

Pages

117-135

Subjects

Biting midges , Ceratopogonidae , Culicoides , subgenus Avaritia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.13535

 

Abstract

A checklist of the subgenus Culicoides (Avaritia Fox) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides) in China, currently including 57 species, is provided. Their full citations, more detailed locations of the type locality, and distribution of each species by province, and/or state of each species are also provided. Culicoides (Avaritia) fenggangensis Liu & Hou, sp. n. is described and illustrated, based on both male and female specimens from China. The new species is compared with its similar congeners, C. (A.) comparis Liu & Yu, 2005 and C. (A.) dentiformis McDonald & Lu, 1972.