A New Species of Biting Midge of the Genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from China

Authors

  • Xiaohui Hou Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563099, P. R. China
  • Xiaojing Han Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563099, P. R. China Zunyi Normal College, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, P. R. China
  • Bin Lv Zunyi Normal College, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, P. R. China
  • Xiaohong Jiang Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563099, P. R. China

Keywords:

Culicoides (Avaritia), bloodsucking midges, new species, China

Abstract

A new species of bloodsucking Culicoides Latreille of the subgenus Avaritiais described and illustrated based on female specimens from China. The new species is compared with its congener, C. trimaculatus McDonald and Lu, 1972.

 

Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de jejenes, Culicoides Latreille del subgenero Avaritia, basada sobre especimenes de hembras de la China. Se compara la nueva especie con sus congeneres similares.

 

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Published

2014-04-06

Issue

Vol. 97, No. 1 (March 2014)

Section

Research Papers

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