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Culicoides obtusus Chatterjee, Brahma & Hazra, 2020

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Species
Culicoides Latreille, 1809
obtusus
Chatterjee, Brahma & Hazra
Chatterjee, Somnath, Shubhranil Brahma & Niladri Hazra. 2020 Two new species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India with a key to the Indian species. Oriental Insects 55(3): 305–345.
Holotype ♂, labelled as ‘Holotype Culicoides (Monoculicoides) obtusus Chatterjee, Brahma & Hazra, India, West Bengal, Birbhum, Narayanpur [24°18'26"N, 87°77'42"E], 24.IV.2017, Coll. S. Chatterjee’ (NZCI). Paratypes 1♂, 3♀, data as holotype (BUENTD); 2♂, 1♀ with pupal exuvium (reared), labelled as ‘Paratype Culicoides (Monoculicoides) obtusus Chatterjee, Brahma & Hazra, India, West Bengal, Dakshin Dinajpur, Kushmundi [25°52'61"N, 88°35'76"E], 24.IV.2017, Coll. P. Saha’ (BUENTD).
Holotype ♂, labelled as ‘Holotype Culicoides (Monoculicoides) obtusus Chatterjee, Brahma & Hazra, India, West Bengal, Birbhum, Narayanpur [24°18'26"N, 87°77'42"E], 24.IV.2017, Coll. S. Chatterjee’ (NZCI). Paratypes 1♂, 3♀, data as holotype (BUENTD); 2♂, 1♀ with pupal exuvium (reared), labelled as ‘Paratype Culicoides (Monoculicoides) obtusus Chatterjee, Brahma & Hazra, India, West Bengal, Dakshin Dinajpur, Kushmundi [25°52'61"N, 88°35'76"E], 24.IV.2017, Coll. P. Saha’ (BUENTD).