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Culicoides florenciae Messersmith 1972

Description

florenciae Messersmith, 1972: 167.

Type locality: Colombia, Caquetá, Florencia, Ríohacha, 1000 m. HT F (# 73147 USNM).

Distr.: Colombia (Caquetá (Florencia), Guajira (Ríohacha, 1000 m), Valle del Cauca (Cali, Peñas Blancas, Finca El Rosal, 1800 m)). Refs.: Messersmith, 1972: 167; Browne, 1980: 533; Barreto, 1986: 146; Wirth et al., 1988: 44; Borkent & Spinelli, 2007: 72; Spinelli et al., 2009: 89; Borkent, 2015: 84 (cat.).

Notes

Published as part of Spinelli, Gustavo & Wolff, Marta, 2016, FAMILY CERATOPOGONIDAE, pp. 98-141 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.15, http://zenodo.org/record/256311

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Messersmith
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Ceratopogonidae
Genus
Culicoides
Species
florenciae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Culicoides florenciae Messersmith, 1972 sec. Spinelli & Wolff, 2016

References

  • Messersmith, D. H. (1972) A new species of Culicoides from Colombia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 74, 165 - 169.
  • Browne, J. E. (1980) New species of biting midges of the genus Culicoides from Colombia and the first description of the male of C. florenciae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 17, 533 - 544. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 17.6.533
  • Barreto, P. (1986) Catalogo de los Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) de Colombia. Colombia Medica, 17, 140 - 150.
  • Wirth, W. W., Dyce, A. L. & Spinelli, G. R. (1988) An atlas of wing photographs, with a summary of the numerical characters of the Neotropical species of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 25, 1 - 72
  • Borkent, A. & Spinelli, G. R. (2007) Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta). In: Adis J., Arias J. R., Rueda-Delgado G., Wantzen K. M. (Eds.), Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America (ABLA). Vol. 4. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, pp. 1 - 198.
  • Spinelli, G. R., Santamaria, E., Cabrera, O. L., Ronderos, M. M. & Suarez, M. F. (2009) Five new species of Culicoides Latreille described from Colombia, yielding a new species list and country records (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 104, 81 - 92. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0074 - 02762009000100013
  • Borkent, A. (2015) World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), 241 pp. Available from: http: // wwx. inhs. illinois. edu / files / 1114 / 2384 / 5200 / CeratopogonidCatalog. pdf (accessed 1 February 2015)