TY - GEN A1 - Grogan, Jr., William L. A1 - Lysyk, Timothy J. T1 - A revision of the biting midges in the Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus-stigma complex in North America with the description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) T2 - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics N2 - This revision of the Nearctic biting midges in the Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus-stigma complex recognizes four species: C. grandensis Grogan and Phillips, C. riethi Kieffer, C. stigma (Meigen) and C. shemanchuki, new species, from Alberta, Canada and North Dakota, USA. Culicoides stigma is recorded for the fi rst time in the Nearctic region from Alberta, Canada. Culicoides gigas Root and Hoffman is a junior synonym of Culicoides riethi Kieffer (new synonym). A key is provided for the recognition of both sexes of the four North American species in the Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus-stigma complex. T3 - Insecta Mundi - 0441 KW - Ceratopogoninae KW - Culicoidini KW - Nearctic KW - taxonomy KW - distribution Y1 - 2015 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39690 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-396907 SN - 1942-1354 SP - 1 EP - 24 PB - Center for Systematic Entomology CY - Gainesville, Fla. ER -