Culicoides cacticola Wirth & Hubert, 1960

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 : 21

Culicoides cacticola Wirth & Hubert, 1960

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USA, Arizona, Baboquivari , Brown Can., 8-aug-1953, light trap (LT), Butler G.D., 2 females slide mounted [ CAIM / Crt/lam-00553, 000555] . MEXICO, Sonora, Hermosillo, 12-aug-1959, light trap, Werner & Nutting, female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00547]; same date except, Navajoa , 10 mi. 13-aug-1959, 2 females [ CAIM /Crt/ lam-00548–00549]; Sonoyta, 98 mi. W, 11-apr-1960, 2 females [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00550–00551] . Baja California, Pénjamo 25 mi. NW, 29-aug-1959, Radford & Werner, female [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00552] .

Figures

FIGURE 22–29. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Drymodesmyia: 22. Culicoides arizonensis Wirth & Hubert, 23. Culicoides bakeri Vargas, 24. Culicoides butleri Wirth & Hubert, 25. Culicoides cacticola Wirth & Hubert, 26. Culicoides copiosus Root & Hoffman, 27. Culicoides insolatus Wirth & Hubert, 28. Culicoides jamaicensis Edwards, 29. Culicoides loughnani Edwards. Scale: 0.5 mm.