A new Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the reticulatus species group from Brazilian Amazon Region.
A new species of the Culicoides reticulatus species group, Culicoides kuripako Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on females and male specimens from the states of Amazonas and Pará, Brazil. The new species is compared with its similar sympatric congener, Culicoides paucienfuscatus Barbosa.
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br
Maria Luiza
ML
Felippe-Bauer
Camila Pinto
CP
Damasceno
Rosimeire Lopes da
RL
Trindade
Victor
V
Py-Daniel
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male