Two new species and new records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides from northwestern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

The following two new species of Culicoides from the Argentinean Yungas are described, illustrated and placed to subgenus or species group and compared with related congeners: Culicoides calchaqui Spinelli & Veggiani Aybar and Culicoides willinki Spinelli & Veggiani Aybar. Culicoides daedaloides Wirth & Blanton is recorded for the first time for Argentina and Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer is firstly mentioned from the northwestern region of the country.

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Main Authors: Spinelli,Gustavo Ricardo, Aybar,Cecilia Veggiani, Juri,María Julia Dantur, Grosso,Mercedes Lizarralde de, Marino,Pablo Ignacio
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000500586
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