title: The immatures of Culicoides lacustris Ronderos (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: Larva and pupa of the Patagonian species Culicoides lacustris Ronderos are described in detail with phase-contrast microscope at oil immersion and scanning electron microscope. Studied specimens were collected in a wetland, alongside to the Provincial Route 12, between the cities of Esquel and Gualjaina in the Chubut Province. They are compared with the more similar congener, Culicoides venezuelensis Ortiz & Mirsa.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco", Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica - CIEMEP. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ecología y Sistemática Animal (LIESA), Sarmiento 849, 9200, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anjos-Santos
authors.affiliation: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata- Cepave-ILPLA-CCT-CONICET, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Funes
authors.affiliation: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata- Cepave-ILPLA-CCT-CONICET, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Gustavo R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.affiliation: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata- Cepave-ILPLA-CCT-CONICET, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata.; Email: ronderos@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar.
authors.forename: María M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ronderos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D053833:Wetlands