title: Culicoides baniwa sp.nov. from the Brazilian Amazon Region with a synopsis of the hylas species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Maria Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Felippe-Bauer
authors.forename: Camila Pinto
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Py-Daniel
authors.forename: Gustavo R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Spinelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001938:Brazil; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female