Marksomyia, a new subgenus of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian biogeographic region with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3014, 2011, Pages 35-58

  Bellis, Glenn ^a   Dyce, Alan ^b,c  

^a Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australasia; Biting midges; Culicoides dycei; Culicoides kayi; Culicoides marksi; Culicoides parvimaculatus; Culicoides pseudostigmaticus; Culicoides zentae

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES DYCEI; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; CULICOIDES MARKSI; DIPTERA;

EID: 80052488659     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3014.1.3     Document Type: Article

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