title: Two new species and new records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides from northwestern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: The following two new species of Culicoides from the Argentinean Yungas are described, illustrated and placed to subgenus or species group and compared with related congeners: Culicoides calchaqui Spinelli & Veggiani Aybar and Culicoides willinki Spinelli & Veggiani Aybar. Culicoides daedaloides Wirth & Blanton is recorded for the first time for Argentina and Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer is firstly mentioned from the northwestern region of the country.
authors.affiliation: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. spinelli@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: Gustavo Ricardo
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: Cecilia Veggiani
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Aybar
authors.forename: María Julia Dantur
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Juri
authors.forename: Mercedes Lizarralde de
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Grosso
authors.forename: Pablo Ignacio
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*
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