A new Culicoides from the Amazonian region, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
A new Neotropical species of biting midge Culicoides (Haematomyidium), C. kampa Felippe-Bauer, Veras & Castellon, is described and illustrated based on female specimens from the Amazonian Region.
Felippe-Bauer
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ML
Laboratório de Díptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil. mlfbauer@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br
Veras
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R
Castellon
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EG
Moreira
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female