Study of the immature stages of two species of the biting midge genus <i>Culicoides</i> (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Pupa of Culicoides insignis Lutz, 1913, and larva and pupa of <i>Culicoides bambusicola</i> Lutz, 1913 are fully described. They are illustrated and photographed using binocular microscope, phase-contrast stereoscope at oil immersion and scanning electronic microscopy, from material coll...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repositorio: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/93098 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/93098 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Biología Ciencias Naturales Diptera Ceratopogonidae Culicoides bambusicola Culicoides insignis Larva Pupa Redescription Neotropical region |
| Resumo: | Pupa of Culicoides insignis Lutz, 1913, and larva and pupa of <i>Culicoides bambusicola</i> Lutz, 1913 are fully described. They are illustrated and photographed using binocular microscope, phase-contrast stereoscope at oil immersion and scanning electronic microscopy, from material collected in Corrientes and Misiones provinces, Argentina. Palatum, maxilla and hypopharynx of the fourth instar larva of <i>C. bambusicola</i> as well as the cephalothoracic sensilla and sensillar pattern of the fi rst and fourth abdominal segment of the pupa are described for both species. The immatures of <i>C. bambusicola</i> are compared with <i>Culicoides debilipalpis</i> Lutz, 1913. Pupa of <i>C. insignis</i> is compared with the following related congeners: <i>C. maruim</i> Lutz, 1913, C. charruus Spinelli & Martinez, 1992, and <i>C. annetae</i> Spinelli & Borkent, 2004. |
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