The immature of the Neotropical species Culicoides venezuelensis Ortiz & Mirsa (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

DIAZ FLORENTINA, RONDEROS, M. M. & SPINELLI, G. R.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Año: 2005 vol. 131 p. 375 - 385

0002-8320

Egg and larva of Culicoides venezuelensis Ortiz & Mirsa are described and the pupa is redescribed and illustrated by using phase-constrast microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Larvae and pupae were collected from a muddy area in a stream margin at Sierra de la Ventana, province Buenos Aieres, Argentina, and reared in laboratory. Eggs were extracted from the abdomen of a gravid female from Encarnacion, Paraguay. Larvae show characters states typical of carnivorous ceratopogonids that breed in mud. Sierra de la Ventana is the southernmost locality of the species