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Morphological alterations in Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera)

Alterações morfológicas em Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) Neotropicais

Morphological alterations in six different species of females Culicoides Latreille, 1809 and one of Monohelea Kieffer, 1917 from Brazil, Mexico, Panama and Peru are described. The correlation of the morphological changes with the taxonomy and behavior of the species is discussed.

Aberrations; Culicoides; midges; Monohelea


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