Culicoides kalix

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

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

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