Culicoides huaynacapaci, a new species from the Department of Cajamarca, Peru (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

A new species of Culicoides of the subgenus Mataemyia Vargas, Culicoides huaynacapaci Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens collected biting humans in Department of Cajamarca, in Peruvian Amazonia. The new species is compared with its similar congener C. albu...

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Published inIheringia. Série zoologia Vol. 98; no. 3; pp. 308 - 310
Main Authors Felippe-Bauer, Maria L.(Fiocruz Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Laboratório de Díptera), Cáceres, Abraham G.(Ministério de Salud Instituto Nacional de Salud División de Entomologia,Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel A. Carrión), Silva, Cristiane S.(Fiocruz Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Laboratório de Díptera), Valderrama-Bazan, William(Ministério de Agricultura Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria), Gonzales-Perez, Antero(Centro de Salud Bagua Grande), Costa, Janira M.(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Museu Nacional Departamento de Zoologia)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul 01.09.2008
Subjects
Ceratopogonidae
Culicoides
Culicoides (Mataemyia) huaynacapaci
Diptera
maruim neotropical
Neotropical bloodsucking midge
Peru
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Summary:A new species of Culicoides of the subgenus Mataemyia Vargas, Culicoides huaynacapaci Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens collected biting humans in Department of Cajamarca, in Peruvian Amazonia. The new species is compared with its similar congener C. albuquerquei Wirth & Blanton. Uma nova espécie de Culicoides do subgênero Mataemyia Vargas, Culicoides huaynacapaci Felippe-Bauer, é descrita e ilustrada baseada em exemplares fêmeas e machos coletados picando humanos no Estado de Cajamarca, na Amazônia Peruana. A nova espécie é comparada com a espécie afim, C. albuquerquei Wirth & Blanton.
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ISSN:0073-4721
0073-4721
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DOI:10.1590/S0073-47212008000300003