An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador
An updated list of biting midges of the genus Culicoides inhabiting Ecuador is provided. Entomological investigations were carried out from July 2010 to May 2019 using CDC light traps in three Ecuadorian regions (Amazon basin, Andean (foothills and highlands) and Pacific Coast). A total of 12,073 Cu...
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| author | Mosquera Juan D. Zapata Sonia Spinelli Gustavo Gualapuro Moises León Renato Augot Denis |
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| description | An updated list of biting midges of the genus Culicoides inhabiting Ecuador is provided. Entomological investigations were carried out from July 2010 to May 2019 using CDC light traps in three Ecuadorian regions (Amazon basin, Andean (foothills and highlands) and Pacific Coast). A total of 12,073 Culicoides specimens from seven subgenera and nine species groups were collected. More species and higher variation were found in the Amazon basin than in either of the Andes regions or coastal sites. A total of 53 species were identified. Of these, 15 are herein reported as new species records for Ecuador: Culicoides acotylus Lutz, C. aitkeni Wirth & Blanton, C. benarrochi Ortiz & Mirsa, C. carvalhoi Wirth & Blanton, C. freitasi Wirth & Blanton, C. ginesi Ortíz, C. lopesi Barretto, C. lyrinotatus Wirth & Blanton, C. profundus Santarém, Felippe-Bauer & Trindade, C. pseudoreticulatus Santarém, Felippe-Bauer & Castellón, C. quasiparaensis Clastrier, C. vernoni Wirth & Blanton, C. youngi Wirth & Barreto and two new species. Our results show that the updated list of the Ecuadorian Culicoides fauna comprises 70 species. This inventory highlights the presence of species that have been incriminated as vectors of disease elsewhere in animals and humans, mainly C. insignis and C. paraensis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be4088caa4ea4cbcaeceed74a0699c362023-11-02T09:58:56ZengEDP SciencesParasite1776-10422022-01-01296310.1051/parasite/2022061parasite220081An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from EcuadorMosquera Juan D.0Zapata Sonia1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0499-1262Spinelli Gustavo2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5046-7106Gualapuro Moises3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8284-9312León Renato4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-8445Augot Denis5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5425-5525Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego de Robles and PampiteInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego de Robles and PampiteDivisión Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del BosqueInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego de Robles and PampiteInstituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego de Robles and PampiteUscVecpar, ANSES-LSA-EA7510, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-ArdenneAn updated list of biting midges of the genus Culicoides inhabiting Ecuador is provided. Entomological investigations were carried out from July 2010 to May 2019 using CDC light traps in three Ecuadorian regions (Amazon basin, Andean (foothills and highlands) and Pacific Coast). A total of 12,073 Culicoides specimens from seven subgenera and nine species groups were collected. More species and higher variation were found in the Amazon basin than in either of the Andes regions or coastal sites. A total of 53 species were identified. Of these, 15 are herein reported as new species records for Ecuador: Culicoides acotylus Lutz, C. aitkeni Wirth & Blanton, C. benarrochi Ortiz & Mirsa, C. carvalhoi Wirth & Blanton, C. freitasi Wirth & Blanton, C. ginesi Ortíz, C. lopesi Barretto, C. lyrinotatus Wirth & Blanton, C. profundus Santarém, Felippe-Bauer & Trindade, C. pseudoreticulatus Santarém, Felippe-Bauer & Castellón, C. quasiparaensis Clastrier, C. vernoni Wirth & Blanton, C. youngi Wirth & Barreto and two new species. Our results show that the updated list of the Ecuadorian Culicoides fauna comprises 70 species. This inventory highlights the presence of species that have been incriminated as vectors of disease elsewhere in animals and humans, mainly C. insignis and C. paraensis.https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2022/01/parasite220081/parasite220081.htmlbiting midgesnew recordsdiversityculicoidesecuador |
| spellingShingle | Mosquera Juan D. Zapata Sonia Spinelli Gustavo Gualapuro Moises León Renato Augot Denis An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador Parasite biting midges new records diversity culicoides ecuador |
| title | An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador |
| title_full | An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador |
| title_short | An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador |
| title_sort | updated list of the culicoides diptera ceratopogonidae fauna from ecuador |
| topic | biting midges new records diversity culicoides ecuador |
| url | https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2022/01/parasite220081/parasite220081.html |
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