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Two new species and new records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides from northwestern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) |
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| Authors: | Gustavo Ricardo Spinelli Cecilia Veggiani Aybar María Julia Dantur Juri Mercedes Lizarralde de Grosso Pablo Ignacio Marino |
| Affiliation: | 1. División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina ;2. Instituto Superior de Entomología Dr Abraham Willink, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina ;3. Instituto de Ambiente de Montaña y Regiones Áridas, Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina |
| Abstract: | The following two new species of Culicoides from theArgentinean Yungas are described, illustrated and placed to subgenus or speciesgroup and compared with related congeners: Culicoides calchaquiSpinelli & Veggiani Aybar and Culicoides willinki Spinelli& Veggiani Aybar. Culicoides daedaloides Wirth &Blanton is recorded for the first time for Argentina and Culicoidespseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer is firstly mentioned from thenorthwestern region of the country. |
| Keywords: | Culicoides C. calchaqui sp. nov. C. willinki sp. nov. new records Yungas Argentina |