Description of Culicoides pseudoheliconiae sp.n. from Peruvian Amazon and revalidation of Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
A new species of the Culicoides hylas species group, Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer is described and illustrated based on female specimens from Peruvian Amazon, and Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon from Ecuador is resurrected and redescribed as a valid species. A systematic key, table with numerical characters of females of species of the Culicoides hylas group are given.
Felippe-Bauer
Maria Luiza
ML
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
Cáceres
Abraham G
AG
Silva
Cristiane S
CS
Valderrama-Bazan
William
W
Gonzales-Perez
Antero
A
Costa
Janira M
JM
D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru