New records, synonymy and description of the male of Culicoides horticola Lutz, 1913 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

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  • Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer Fundação, Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Diptera
  • Gustavo Ricardo Spinelli Museu de La Plata, Divisão de Entomologia

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Culicoides horticola, male, synonymy, new records

Abstract

The male of Culicoides horticola Lutz, 1913 is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the Department of Madre de Dios, Peru, and in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Culicoides bachmanni Spinelli, 2005 is considered as a junior synonym of C. horticola. Previous citations and descriptions of C. horticola are discussed, and the species is firstly recorded from Peru and biting humans.

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2009-03-01

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Felippe-Bauer, M. L., & Spinelli, G. R. (2009). New records, synonymy and description of the male of Culicoides horticola Lutz, 1913 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Biota Neotropica, 9(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/481

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