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Maruins (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) do estuário do Rio Pará e do litoral do Estado do Pará, Brasil

The present study surveyed the species of hematophagus biting midges in coastal areas of Para State, Brazil. Two collecting sites were chosen, one a beach on the coast (Praia de Crispim, near Marapanim) and another in the Para River estuary (Outeiro Island, near Belem). Collections were made monthly in 2003, from April to October in Outeiro and the months of June, July, September, and October in Marapanim. Human bait and CDC traps were used. In total 4003 specimens were collected: 18 species of Culicoides Latreille and one of Leptoconops Skuse. L. brasiliensis (Lutz) was the only species common to both sites. The two most abundant species in Outeiro were C. batesi Wirth & Blanton and C. denisae Clastrier, while in Marapanim these were C. maruim Lutz and C. phlebotomus (Williston).

A new Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the Reticulatus species group from Brazilian Amazon Region

A new species of the Culicoides reticulatus species group, Culicoides kuripako Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on females and male specimens from the states of Amazonas and Pará, Brazil. The new species is compared with its similar sympatric congener, Culicoides paucienfuscatus Barbosa.

New Neotropical Culicoides and redescription of Culicoides reticulatus Lutz (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Seven new species of the Culicoides reticulatus species group are described and illustrated based on specimens from Colombia, Panama and Brazilian states of northern (Amazonas, Pará and Roraima) and southeast region (Rio de Janeiro). The new species are compared with their similar congener, Culicoides reticulatus Lutz, and a systematic key, table with numerical characters to the females of the species are provided. Redescription of Culicoides reticulatus Lutz is given based on type series deposited in the Ceratopogonidae Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil. The distribution of these species is presented in figure 9.

Maruins (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides), após a estação chuvosa, na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Itatupã-Baquiá, Gurupá, Pará, Brasil

Los individuos adultos de ambos sexos pueden visitar flores en busca de sustancias azucaradas, pero las hembras usualmente, buscan una alimentación rica en proteína animal para la maduración de sus huevos. Algunas especies son predadoras de invertebrados menores que ellas, principalmente de otros insectos, y otras son ectoparásitos de insectos mayores, tales como mariposas y libélulas; las especies de Culicoides Latreille, las del subgénero Lasiohelea Kieffer, de Forcipomyia Meigen y las de Leptoconops Skuse son ectoparásitos de vertebrados y 7 chupan sangre, principalmente, de aves y mamíferos .

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

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.

Jejenes (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides), luego de la estación de lluvias, en la Reserva de Desarrollo Sostenible Itatupã-Baquiá, Gurupá, Pará, Brasil

Los individuos adultos de ambos sexos pueden visitar flores en busca de sustancias azucaradas, pero las hembras usualmente, buscan una alimentación rica en proteína animal para la maduración de sus huevos. Algunas especies son predadoras de invertebrados menores que ellas, principalmente de otros insectos, y otras son ectoparásitos de insectos mayores, tales como mariposas y libélulas; las especies de Culicoides Latreille, las del subgénero Lasiohelea Kieffer, de Forcipomyia Meigen y las de Leptoconops Skuse son ectoparásitos de vertebrados y 7 chupan sangre, principalmente, de aves y mamíferos .

New species and new records of Monohelea Kieffer from eastern Amazon, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Seven new species of Monohelea Kieffer are described and illustrated and new records from M. affinis Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli, M. guaimiesi Lane & Wirth and M. maculipennis (Coquillett) are given based on specimens collected in Pará State, eastern Brazilian Amazon. The new species are compared with their similar congeners and the distributional records of both new and previously described species are presented in Figure 1. A key for identification of the Brazilian Amazonian species of Monohelea is also provided.

Two new biting midges from Pará, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Two new species of Culicoides Latreille of the subgenus Haematomyidium Goeldi are described and illustrated based on female specimens from Pará, Brazil. The new species are compared with their similar congeners.

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides) after the rainy season in the Itatupã-Baquiá Sustainable Development Reserve, Gurupá, Pará State, Brazil

Los individuos adultos de ambos sexos pueden visitar flores en busca de sustancias azucaradas, pero las hembras usualmente, buscan una alimentación rica en proteína animal para la maduración de sus huevos. Algunas especies son predadoras de invertebrados menores que ellas, principalmente de otros insectos, y otras son ectoparásitos de insectos mayores, tales como mariposas y libélulas; las especies de Culicoides Latreille, las del subgénero Lasiohelea Kieffer, de Forcipomyia Meigen y las de Leptoconops Skuse son ectoparásitos de vertebrados y 7 chupan sangre, principalmente, de aves y mamíferos .