Description of Culicoides paradoxalis sp. nov. from France and Portugal (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Language English Country New Zealand Media electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Grant support
BBS/E/I/00001701
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - United Kingdom
PubMed
25113346
DOI
10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.4
PII: zootaxa.3745.2.4
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Animal Structures anatomy & histology MeSH
- Ceratopogonidae anatomy & histology classification genetics MeSH
- Ecosystem MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- Animal Distribution MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Portugal MeSH
A new species, Culicoides paradoxalis Ramilo and Delécolle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), is described from specimens collected in France (Corsica and southeast region) and Portugal. This species resembles Culicoides lupicaris Downes and Kettle, and can be distinguished from this species and from Culicoides newsteadi Austen by its wing pattern, in addition to the absence of spines on the tarsomere 4 of female mid leg. In male, the presence of two appendices on the sternite 9 together with the absence of sensilla coeloconica on the flagellomere 11 is also useful to distinguish these three species. Separation from other members of the Culicoides subgenus is confirmed by the analysis of the Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial marker.
Cirad UMR15 CMAEE INRA UMR1309 CMAEE 34398 Montpellier France; Email unknown
Faculty of Sciences Charles University Viničná 7 12844 Prague Czech Republic; Email unknown
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An update of the Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) checklist for the Balkans
