NEW RECORDS OF CULICOIDES (HAEMATOMYIDIUM) PARAENSIS AND A KEY TO ADULT CULICOIDES FROM YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO

Abstract

We provide new records of Culicoides paraensis from the Yucatan Peninsula. The anthropophilic biting midge C. paraensis is the main vector of Oropouche fever virus in South and Central America. We also report Culicoides poikilonotus for the 1st time in the Yucatan Peninsula and a key to identify the species in this region of Mexico.