Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis (Goeldi)

Huerta, Rodríguez, Ana M., William L. Grogan, Jr. & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (211), pp. 1-20 : 10

Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis (Goeldi)

Haematomyidium paraense Goeldi, 1905: 137 ( Brazil) .

Culicoides paraensis: Lutz 1913: 55 (combination).

Culicoides (Oecacta) paraensis: Wirth and Blanton 1959: 440 (review of Culicoides of Panama; distribution).

Culicoides (Haematomyidium) paraensis: Vargas 1960: 42 (in list of New World Culicoides in subgenus Haematomyidium ).

Culicoides undecimpunctatus Kieffer, 1917: 307 ( Argentina) .

Discussion. This wide ranging species occurs in the USA from Colorado, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to Louisiana and Florida, south to Argentina ( Borkent and Grogan 2009). In Mexico, this species has been previously recorded from San Luis Potosí and Quintana Roo ( Blanton and Wirth 1979), and Tabasco and Veracruz ( Wirth and Felippe-Bauer 1989). We provide the first records from Chiapas and additional records from San Luis Potosí and Veracruz.

New records. Chiapas, Huixtla, July 1945, M. Macías, planta de luz, 15 females. San Luis Potosí, Tamazunchale, La Fortuna , September 1944, M. Macías, 20 females ; same data except Tamán, July 1945, 25 females. Veracruz, Ayahualulco, Apanteopan , Malaise trap, 12 May 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, 2 females ; Teocelo, Texin , 14 May 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, Malaise trap, 1 female ; same data except 2 September 2008, CDC trap, 1 female ; same data except 1 September 2009, 2 females ; Vega de Alatorre, Emilio Carranza , 12 May 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, Malaise trap, 1 female ; same data except 25 May 2009, 1 female ; same data except 26 May 2009, 1 female ; Actopan, Soyacuautla , 4 September 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, Malaise trap, 1 female ; same data except 4 September 2008, CDC trap, 1 female ; same data except 7 September 2009, 1 female ; Juchique de Ferrer, Los Arroyos , 21 May 2009, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC UV trap, 1 female ; Alto Lucero, Arroyo Agrío , 5 September 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 1 female .