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Issue: Vol. 3768 No. 4: 27 Feb. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.4.1
Page range: 401–427
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Revision of the Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex Khamala & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian region

The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra, Australia (present address 48 Queens Rd, Asquith, NSW, Australia, 2077
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Pine Gully Rd, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 2650 Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Pugsley Place, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 2650
Kyushu Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, NARO, 2702 Chuzan, Kagoshima 891–0105, Japan
Cirad, UMR 15 CMAEE; INRA, UMR1309 CMAEE, 34398 Montpellier, France
Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases, p /Bag X05, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa
Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney NSW, Australia, 2010
Biting midges taxonomy

Abstract

The monophyly of the Imicola complex, a natural species complex within subgenus C. subgen. Avaritia Fox of the biting midge genus Culicoides Latreille, is supported using morphological and molecular analyses. A diagnosis for the group along with comparative redescriptions of the male and female of the species represented in Australasia, C. brevitarsis Kieffer and C. nudipalpis Delfinado and a description of C. asiatica Bellis sp. nov., are presented together with keys for their specific determination and molecular support for their status.