Revision of the Immaculatus Group of <i>Culicoides</i> Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian Region with description of two new species

• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.4
• Publication Date: 2013-06-17T22:36:09Z
• Authors: G. A. BELLIS; A. L. DYCE; D. GOPURENKO; A. MITCHELL
• Keywords: Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides; Archipelago; Species groups; DNA Barcoding

The Immaculatus Group of Culicoides encompassing four species from Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Guinea and the Malay archipelago is revised. A diagnosis for group, descriptions males females C. shivasi sp. n. collessi n., a description male immaculatus Lee &amp; Reye, redescription female agas Wirth Hubert together with keys their specific determination are pre-sented. Specific separation morphologically similar supported by DNA barcodes (mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I or COI) nuclear carbomoylphosphate synthetase (CAD) sequence data.