Culicoides propinquus Macfie, 1948

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 : 22

Culicoides propinquus Macfie, 1948

( Fig. 33 , 104–105 )

Type series. HOLOTYPE (photography). MEXICO, Chiapas, San Cristobal, N. of Aurora , alt. 1090 m., 9-iii- 1938, Dr. A. Dampf, at light, slide mounted in balsam Canada, male No. 6480 NHMUK, 014775976 QR code ( BNHM).

Figures

FIGURE 30–37. Wings, dorsal view. Female and male. Subgenus Drymodesmyia: 30. Culicoides panamensis Barbosa, 31. Culicoides pilosus Wirth & Blanton, 32. Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 33. Culicoides propinquus Macfie (male), 34. Culicoides ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 35. Culicoides sitiens Wirth & Hubert, 36. Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 37. Culicoides wirthomyia Vargas (male). Scale: 0.5 mm; Fig. 33 (0.05 mm).

FIGURE 104–105. Culicoides propinquus Macfie. Male. 104. Palpus, lateral view, 105. Genitalia, ventral view. Scale= 0.05 mm.