title: New Neotropical Culicoides and redescription of Culicoides reticulatus Lutz (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: Seven new species of the Culicoides reticulatus species group are described and illustrated based on specimens from Colombia, Panama and Brazilian states of northern (Amazonas, Pará and Roraima) and southeast region (Rio de Janeiro). The new species are compared with their similar congener, Culicoides reticulatus Lutz, and a systematic key, table with numerical characters to the females of the species are provided. Redescription of Culicoides reticulatus Lutz is given based on type series deposited in the Ceratopogonidae Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil. The distribution of these species is presented in figure 9.
authors.affiliation: Coleção de Ceratopogonidae, Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, CEP 21040-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n., São Cristóvão, CEP 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Email: mcalves@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Maria Clara Alves
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Santarém
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Zoologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Rod. Juscelino Kubitschek, km 10, Fazendinha, CEP 68903-419/68903-197, Macapá, AP, Brazil.; Email: rositrindade@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Rosimeire Lopes
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Da Trindade
authors.affiliation: Coleção de Ceratopogonidae, Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, CEP 21040-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Email: tnsilva@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Tiago Do Nascimento
authors.initials: Tdo N
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Insetos Sinantrópicos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69060-001, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.; Email: eloygcb@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eloy Guillermo
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Castellón
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n., São Cristóvão, CEP 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Email: camello@acd.ufrj.br.
authors.forename: Cátia Antunes De Mello
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Patiu
authors.affiliation: Coleção de Ceratopogonidae, Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, CEP 21040-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Email: mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Maria Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Felippe-Bauer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013020:South America; D014329:Tropical Climate