Culicoides castelloni sp. nov. from the Brazilian Amazon Region with a revision of the reticulatus species group (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

An Acad Bras Cienc. 2015 Apr-Jun;87(2):955-72. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765201520140517.

Abstract

A new species of the reticulatus species group, C. castelloni Santarém and Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on female specimens from the state of Amazonas, Brazil. A systematic key, wing photographs and table with numerical characters of females and a synopsis of 24 species of the Culicoides reticulatus group are presented. This paper presents further new records for seven species of the reticulatus group.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Ceratopogonidae / anatomy & histology*
  • Ceratopogonidae / classification*
  • Female
  • Species Specificity