Culicoides cancer Hogue & Wirth, 1968

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Culicoides cancer Hogue & Wirth, 1968

( Fig. 63 )

Type series. PARATYPE. COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Boca de Barranca , 06-jul-1967, crab hole with aspirator, Hogue C., male slide mounted ( CCER) . PARATYPE female, same data except, Guanacastes , Playas del Coco, 18- jul-1967. ( CCER) .

Figures

FIGURE 62–67. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Oecacta: 62. Culicoides barbosai Wirth & Blanton, 63. Culicoides cancer Hogue & Wirth, 64. Culicoides furens (Poey). Subgenus Selfia: 65. Culicoides hieroglyphicus Malloch, 66. Culicoides multipunctatus Malloch. Acotylus group: 67. Culicoides acotylus Lutz. Scale: 0.5 mm. Fig. 63, on a different scale.