Culicoides baniwa sp.nov. from the Brazilian Amazon Region with a synopsis of the hylas species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
A new species of the Culicoides (Hoffmania) hylas species group, Culicoides baniwa Felippe-Bauer is described and illustrated based on a female specimen from the state of Amazonas, Brazil. A systematic key, wing photographs, diagramme of the legs pattern, table with numerical characters of females and a synopsis of the 11 species of the C. hylas group are presented. This paper further presents a new record of Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer out of the previously defined geographic distribution of the hylas species group, in the province of Misiones, Argentina.
Felippe-Bauer
Maria Luiza
ML
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
Damasceno
Camila Pinto
CP
Py-Daniel
Victor
V
Spinelli
Gustavo R
GR
D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001938:Brazil; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female