New Culicoides Latreille of the subgenus Mataemyia Vargas from Pará, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Abstract

Two new species of Culicoides Latreille of the Neotropical subgenus Mataemyia Vargas are described and illustrated based on female specimens from Juruti, Pará, Brazil and compared with their similar congeners. This paper also presents a diagnosis of the subgenus Mataemyia and a systematic key for the identification of the 19 species of the subgenus.

Keywords

• Culicoides (Mataemyia) aldomari sp. nov.
• Culicoides (Mataemyia) sherlocki sp. nov.
• bloodsucking midges
• Neotropical Region