New Neotropical Culicoides and redescription of Culicoides reticulatus Lutz (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). 2014

Maria Clara Alves Santarém, and Rosimeire Lopes Da Trindade, and Tiago Do Nascimento Da Silva, and Eloy Guillermo Castellón, and Cátia Antunes De Mello Patiu, and Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer
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.

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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002519 Ceratopogonidae A family of biting midges, in the order DIPTERA. It includes the genus Culicoides which transmits filarial parasites pathogenic to man and other primates. Culicoides,Leptoconops,Midges, Biting,Biting Midge,Biting Midges,Culicoide,Leptoconop,Midge, Biting
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013020 South America The southern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending southward from the Colombia-Panama border.
D014329 Tropical Climate A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high temperatures with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Climate, Tropical,Climates, Tropical,Tropical Climates
D044822 Biodiversity The variety of all native living organisms and their various forms and interrelationships. Biological Diversity,Diversity, Biological

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