title: Description of Culicoides pseudoheliconiae sp.n. from Peruvian Amazon and revalidation of Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Maria Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Felippe-Bauer
authors.forename: Abraham G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cáceres
authors.forename: Cristiane S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Valderrama-Bazan
authors.forename: Antero
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzales-Perez
authors.forename: Janira M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru