Five new species of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the Nansei Islands

Kitaoka, S.

National Institute of Animal Health Quarterly 15(4): 192-200

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0027-951X
PMID: 1207780
Document Number: 84267
Five new species of Culicoides of the Nansei Islands are described: C. sasai sp.n. from Amami-oshima Is., C. toshiokai sp.n. from Ishigaki Is., C. iriomotensis sp.n. from Iriomote Is., C. flavipunctatus sp.n. from Yonaguni Is., and C. yaeyamaensis sp.n. from the latter three islands. C. toshiokai sp.n. and C. iriomotensis sp.n. are tree-hole breeders, such as C. dendrophilus Amosova, which is common in similar habitats extending from Okinawa to Honshu.

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