A new Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the reticulatus species group from Brazilian Amazon Region.

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz

Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Published: November 2010

A new species of the Culicoides reticulatus species group, Culicoides kuripako Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on females and male specimens from the states of Amazonas and Pará, Brazil. The new species is compared with its similar sympatric congener, Culicoides paucienfuscatus Barbosa.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0074-02762010000700004DOI Listing

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