The bloodsucking biting midges of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

A key is presented for the identification of the adults of 54 species of bloodsucking ceratopogonids, 51 of which are known inhabitants of Argentina, and Culicoides uruguayensis Ronderos, C. pifanoi Ortiz, and C. trilineatus Fox, which are known to occur in bordering Uruguay and Paraguay. Wing photo...

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Autores principales: Spinelli, Gustavo Ricardo, Ronderos, María Marcela, Díaz, Florentina, Marino, Pablo Ignacio
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2005
Materias:
fly
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/34956
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v100n2/v100n2a06.pdf
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
biting midges
Argentina
fly
ceratopogonidae
diptera
hematophagous
Canidae
new species
Chironomidae
Culicoides latreille
Leptoconops
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
biting midges
Argentina
fly
ceratopogonidae
diptera
hematophagous
Canidae
new species
Chironomidae
Culicoides latreille
Leptoconops
Spinelli, Gustavo Ricardo
Ronderos, María Marcela
Díaz, Florentina
Marino, Pablo Ignacio
The bloodsucking biting midges of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
biting midges
Argentina
fly
ceratopogonidae
diptera
hematophagous
Canidae
new species
Chironomidae
Culicoides latreille
Leptoconops
description A key is presented for the identification of the adults of 54 species of bloodsucking ceratopogonids, 51 of which are known inhabitants of Argentina, and Culicoides uruguayensis Ronderos, C. pifanoi Ortiz, and C. trilineatus Fox, which are known to occur in bordering Uruguay and Paraguay. Wing photographs are provided of females of the 45 species of Culicoides. Three new species of Culicoides Latreille from Northeastern Argentina are described and illustrated: C. austroparaensis Spinelli, C. bachmanni Spinelli, and C. williamsi Spinelli. The following six species are recorded for the first time from Argentina and/or bordering localities in Paraguay: Leptoconops brasiliensis (Lutz), C. gabaldoni Ortiz, C. ginesi Ortiz, C. pifanoi Ortiz, C. pseudocrescentis Tavares and Luna Dias, and C. trilineatus; and C. estevezae Ronderos and Spinelli is newly recorded from Misiones province of Argentina. C. lopesi Barretto is excluded from the Argentinean ceratopogonid fauna.
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author Spinelli, Gustavo Ricardo
Ronderos, María Marcela
Díaz, Florentina
Marino, Pablo Ignacio
author_facet Spinelli, Gustavo Ricardo
Ronderos, María Marcela
Díaz, Florentina
Marino, Pablo Ignacio
author_sort Spinelli, Gustavo Ricardo
title The bloodsucking biting midges of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
title_short The bloodsucking biting midges of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
title_full The bloodsucking biting midges of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
title_fullStr The bloodsucking biting midges of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
title_full_unstemmed The bloodsucking biting midges of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
title_sort bloodsucking biting midges of argentina (diptera: ceratopogonidae)
publishDate 2005
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/34956
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v100n2/v100n2a06.pdf
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