Culicoides boyi

Culicoides boyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Genus: Culicoides
Species:
C. boyi
Binomial name
Culicoides boyi
Nielsen, Kristensen & Pape, 2015[1]

Culicoides boyi is a species of midge found in Scandinavia. It can be differentiated from its cogenerated by wing and maxillary palp characteristics.[1][2]

The species was first described in March 2015 by Søren Achim Nielsen and Michael Kristensen.[2] However, the name-bearing types were not explicitly fixed, violating Article 16.4.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). The species was therefore formally (re-)described in November 2015 by Nielsen, Kristensen and a third author, Thomas Pape.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nielsen, Søren Achim; Kristensen, Michael; Pape, Thomas (2015-11-26). "Three new Scandinavian species of Culicoides (Culicoides): C. boyi sp. nov., C. selandicus sp. nov. and C. kalix sp. nov. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (e5823): e5823. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e5823. PMC 4678805. PMID 26696760.
  2. ^ a b Nielsen, Søren Achim; Kristensen, Michael (2015-03-10). "Delineation of Culicoides species by morphology and barcode exemplified by three new species of the subgenus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Scandinavia". Parasites & Vectors. 8 (151): 151. doi:10.1186/s13071-015-0750-4. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 4372322. PMID 25889579.

Further reading

  • Lassen, S. B., et al. "Molecular differentiation of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the subgenus Culicoides Latreille in Denmark." Parasitology research 110.5 (2012): 1765-1771.
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