Background: biting midges are small insects that are proven vectors of pathogens that cause disease in animals and humans. There are 1,368 species of in the world, including 149 species in Brazil and 122 species in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. This study documents specimens that were collected between 2013 and 2015 in the municipalities of Alvorada d'Oeste, Buritis, Cacoal, Costa Marques, Espigão d'Oeste, Guajará-Mirim, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho and São Francisco Guaporé. Collections were performed using HP light traps in forest, pasture and peridomicilie environments.
New Information: Species newly recorded in Rondônia State include Wirth & Blanton, 1953; Macfie, 1940; Macfie, 1948; Wirth & Blanton, 1953; Fox & Hoffman, 1944; and Forattini, 1957. This is the first record in Brazil of Wirth & Blanton, 1971.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e13075 | DOI Listing |
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