Culicoides boyi

Culicoides boyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Genus: Culicoides
Species: C. boyi
Binomial name
Culicoides boyi
Nielsen & Kristensen, 2015

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

References

  1. Nielsen, Soren Achim; Kristensen, Michael (2015). "Delineation of Culicoides species by morphology and barcode exemplified by three new species of the subgenus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Scandinavia". Parasites & Vectors. 8 (1). doi:10.1186/s13071-015-0750-4. ISSN 1756-3305.

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