Vol. 36 (2020)
Artículos originales

New records of genus Culicoides Latreille from Oaxaca, Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

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  • Herón Huerta,
  • José Ismael Benítez-Alva,
  • Jorge Concha-Suarez,
  • Clemente R. Ibáñez-Piñón,
  • Pablo Manrique-Saide
Herón Huerta
Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos. Francisco de P. Miranda No. 177, Col. Unidad Lomas Plateros, DT. Álvaro Obregón, CP. 01480, Ciudad de México, México.
José Ismael Benítez-Alva
Departamento de Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores. 20 noviembre #707, Centro, 68000, Oaxaca de Juárez, México.
Jorge Concha-Suarez
Departamento de Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores. 20 noviembre #707, Centro, 68000, Oaxaca de Juárez, México.
Clemente R. Ibáñez-Piñón
Departamento de Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores. 20 noviembre #707, Centro, 68000, Oaxaca de Juárez, México.
Pablo Manrique-Saide
Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomológicos, Campus Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2020.3612280

Publicado 14-10-2020

Palabras clave

  • Culicoides,
  • nuevo registro,
  • neotrópico,
  • clave

Cómo citar

Huerta, H., Benítez-Alva, J. I., Concha-Suarez, J., Ibáñez-Piñón, C. R., & Manrique-Saide, P. (2020). New records of genus Culicoides Latreille from Oaxaca, Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 36(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2020.3612280

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Resumen

Se incluye el primer registro de Culicoides ginesi y Culicoides glabellus para México. Se dan a conocer nuevos registros de distribución para el estado de Oaxaca de las siguientes especies: Culicoides baueri, Culicoides debilipalpis, Culicoides hylas, Culicoides neopulicaris, Culicoides pseudodiabolicus y Culicoides pusillus. Asimismo, se incluyen nuevas localidades para Culicoides foxi, Culicoides insignis, Culicoides jamaicensis y Culicoides ocumarensis. Se presenta una clave y un cuadro para las especies conocidas en el estado de Oaxaca.

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