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

Authors :
Maria L. Felippe-Bauer
Abraham G. Cáceres
Cristiane S. Silva
William Valderrama-Bazan
Antero Gonzales-Perez
Janira M. Costa
Source :
Iheringia: Série Zoologia, Vol 98, Iss 3, Pp 308-310 (2008)
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2008.

Abstract

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.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
00734721 and 16784766
Volume :
98
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Iheringia: Série Zoologia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3ff14f52866148eea726bb447d1fb3d3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212008000300003