Description of Culicoides pseudoheliconiae sp.n. from Peruvian Amazon and revalidation of Culicoides contubernalis Ortiz & Leon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-262

  Felippe Bauer, Maria Luiza ^a   Cáceres, Abraham G ^b   Silva, Cristiane S ^a   Valderrama Bazan, William ^c   Gonzales Perez, Antero ^d   Costa, Janira M ^e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE SANIDAD AGRARIA   (Peru)

^d Centro de Salud Bagua Grande   (Peru)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C. contubernalis; C. pseudoheliconiae sp.n.; Culicoides hylas group; Ecuador; Neotropical bloodsucking midges; Peruvian Amazon

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS CONTUBERNALIS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 46749098374     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008005000010     Document Type: Article

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