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THE CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS COMPLEX: A NECESSARY RE-ALIGNMENT OF NOMENCLATURE (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. A. Downes
J. A. Downes
Affiliation:
Biosystematic Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6
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Abstract

Culicoides variipennis (Coquillett) and the form described as C. variipennis occidentalis by Wirth and Jones (1957) occur sympatrically and without intermediates in British Columbia and Washington; occidentalis should therefore be given specific rank. The three other subspecies described by Wirth and Jones (sonorensis, albertensis, australis) are appropriately regarded as subspecies of occidentalis.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , 01 January 1978 , pp. 63 - 69
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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