CarvalhoLuis Paulo CostaFariasEmanuelle de SousaGilLuiz Herman SoaresPessoaFelipe Arley CostaMedeirosJansen FernandesNew species records of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the state of Rondônia in Brazilian AmazonBiodivers Data J09520172017510.3897/BDJ.5.e13075Culicoides (Hoffmania) ignacioiForattini, 1957Culicoides (Hoffmania) ignacioi Synonyms: C. saintjusti Tavares & Ruiz, 1980Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: L.P.C. Carvalho; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Location: country: Brazil; stateProvince: Rondônia; municipality: Porto Velho; locationRemarks: Pesque e Pague Farm; verbatimCoordinates: 08°40'02"S; 63°42'14"W; Event: samplingProtocol: HP light traps; eventDate: 2015-05-13/14; habitat: pasture

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: J.F. Medeiros; individualCount: 3; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Location: country: Brazil; stateProvince: Rondônia; municipality: Guajará-Mirim; verbatimCoordinates: 10°47'18"S; 65°20'32"W; Event: samplingProtocol: HP light traps; eventDate: 2013-10; habitat: forest

Diagnosis

Eyes contiguous, separated by a distance equal to the diameter of 1.5 ommatidial facets; third palpus segment broad in middle, with conspicuous irregular pit; wing as shown in figure; halter knob dark brown, pedicel pale. This species is similar to C. fernandoi, but can be distinguished by the mandible which has 20–22 teeth (14–15 in C. fernandoi), vein R3 pale (infuscated on lower portion with a very small dark spot behind apex in C. fernandoi), distal pale spot in cell r3 large, transverse (crescent-shaped or subdivided in C. fernandoi) (Spinelli et al. 1993).

Distribution

Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and now in Rondônia) and Paraguay (Borkent and Spinelli 2007, Farias et al. 2016a, Forattini 1957 and Santarém and Felippe-Bauer 2017).

Notes

This species was here recorded for the first time in Rondônia State.

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