| Culicoides paraensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Genus: | Culicoides |
| Species: | C. paraensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Culicoides paraensis (Goeldi, 1905) [1] |
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Culicoides paraensis is a species of midge found from the northern United States to Argentina, which acts as the vector of the Oropouche fever virus.[2]