Resumen

FELIPPE-BAUER, Maria Luiza; DAMASCENO, Camila Pinto; TRINDADE, Rosimeire Lopes da  y  PY-DANIEL, Victor. A new Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the Reticulatus species group from Brazilian Amazon Region. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz [online]. 2010, vol.105, n.7, pp. 863-865. ISSN 0074-0276.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762010000700004.

A new species of the Culicoides reticulatus species group, Culicoides kuripako Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on females and male specimens from the states of Amazonas and Pará, Brazil. The new species is compared with its similar sympatric congener, Culicoides paucienfuscatus Barbosa.

Palabras llave : Amazonas; Brazil; Culicoides kuripako sp. nov.; neotropical bloodsucking midges; Pará.