Description of Culicoides lisicarruni (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a new species from Cundinamarca, Colombia

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Ligia Moncada²  María Cristina Carrasquilla¹  Gustavo Spinelli¹  Ingrid Lotta¹  Nubia Matta¹ 

[1] ,Departamento de Salud Pública

关键词: Culicoides;    new species;    taxonomy;    daily activity;    Páramo;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762010000800005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A new species of Culicoides of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas from high altitudes of the Andes in Colombia is described and photographied. The species is compared with its similar congener Culicoides marinkellei Wirth & Lee. Data on the collecting site and notes on the species daily activity are also provided.

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