Abstract
The following two new species of Culicoides from the Argentinean Yungas are described, illustrated and placed to subgenus or species group and compared with related congeners: Culicoides calchaqui Spinelli & Veggiani Aybar and Culicoides willinki Spinelli & Veggiani Aybar. Culicoides daedaloides Wirth & Blanton is recorded for the first time for Argentina and Culicoides pseudoheliconiae Felippe-Bauer is firstly mentioned from the northwestern region of the country.
Highlights
The genus Culicoides is by far the most notorious of the 109 extant genera of Ceratopogonidae
Of the 280 currently recognised Neotropical species, 42 inhabit Argentina and three more are known to occur in bordering sites of Uruguay and Paraguay
The study of Culicoides specimens collected by researchers of the Institute of Entomology Dr Abraham Willink, Tucumán, Argentina, in the Yungas of northwestern Argentina, revealed the presence of two new species and an additional two species not recorded yet in the area
Summary
The genus Culicoides is by far the most notorious of the 109 extant genera of Ceratopogonidae. Is it the most diverse in the family, with 1,366 named species (Borkent 2012), but members occur virtually throughout the terrestrial world, from the tropics to far southern and northern areas, from coastal areas to very high altitudes (up to 4,200 m) (Spinelli & Borkent 2004). The study of Culicoides specimens collected by researchers of the Institute of Entomology Dr Abraham Willink, Tucumán, Argentina, in the Yungas of northwestern Argentina, revealed the presence of two new species and an additional two species not recorded yet in the area. The purpose of this paper is to provide the descriptions and records of this material
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