Culicoides albomaculus Root & Hoffman, 1937

Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. & Grogan Jr, William L., 2025, An atlas of wing photographs and a key to species of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), including new records, new synonymy, two new species and new status of Culicoides neghmei Vargas and C. propinquus Macfie, Zootaxa 5566 (1), pp. 1-51 : 46

Culicoides albomaculus Root & Hoffman, 1937

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MEXICO, D.F. (= Mexico City), Milpa Alta, alrededores de San Salvador Cuauhtenco, 6-jul-1996, reared from Agave (magüey), Pérez-Rentería C. & Huerta H., 15 females, 3 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00707–00725], same data except, Lomas de Chapultepec , 20-sept-1939, light trap, M.F. (= Mexican faune) #8813I, Dampf A., female [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00739] .

Figures

FIGURE 91–92. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Unplaced to species group: 91. Culicoides albomaculus Root & Hoffman, 92. Culicoides arubae Fox & Hoffman. Scale: 0.5 mm. Abbreviations. an c= anal cell; ba arc= basal arculus; Costal L= costal length; C= costal vein; CuA1 and CuA2 = branch of cubital veins; dis pale sp= distal pale spot; me cu f= medial cubital fork; m1, m2 = medial cells; M1, M2= branches of medial vein; pa sp st mid= pale spot straddling midportion; post stig pale sp= poststigmatic pale spot; R1, R3, = radial veins; 1st rc= first radial cell; 2nd rc= second radial cell; r3= third radial cell; r-m = radial-medial cross vein; WL= wing length.