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Culicoides kalix

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

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

References

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  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): 151. doi:10.1186/s13071-015-0750-4. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 4372322. PMID 25889579.

Further reading

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  • 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.