title: Three new Scandinavian species of Culicoides (Culicoides): Culicoides boyi sp. nov., Culicoides selandicus sp. nov. and Culicoides kalix sp. nov. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the context of a major monitoring program of Culicoides in Denmark and Sweden due to the appearance of bluetongue disease in 2007-2008, a large number of specimens were collected by light traps and sorted morphologically, with COI barcodes generated for selected specimens.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Three species are described as new to science based on both morphological and molecular data: Culicoides (Culicoides) boyi sp. nov. (Denmark: Jutland), C. (C.) selandicus sp. nov. (Denmark: Zealand) and C. (C.) kalix sp. nov. (Sweden: Norrbotten). All are diagnosed morphologically as well as by molecular barcoding. A key to slide-mounted females of all Scandinavian species of Culicoides (Culicoides) is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
authors.forename: Søren Achim
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Agroecology - Entomology and Plant Pathology, Slagelse, Denmark.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kristensen
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pape
keywords: Biting midges; Scandinavia; molecular barcoding; morphology; new species