Culicoides neopulicaris Wirth, 1955b

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 : 17

Culicoides neopulicaris Wirth, 1955b

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MEXICO, Morelos, Cuautla , 10-sept-1937, light trap, M.F. (= Mexican Faune) RS #6260, female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00515], same data except, male [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00514] . Veracruz, Actopan, Arroyo Agrío , 27-jun- 2006, CDC trap, GPS: 19° 42´24 N, 96° 25´52.5´´ W, 32 msnm, Ibáñez B.S. & C.S. R., F.M. P., female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-01319] . Oaxaca, Santa María Tonameca, Arroyo La Puerta , 24-nov-2019, CDC trap, GPS: 15° 45´51.4´´ N, 96° 42´44.67´´ W, Benitez-Alva J.I., Zurita-Perez G., 5 females (2 slides mounted, 3 preserved on ethyl alcohol), male slide mounted ( CAIM) .

Figures

FIGURE 7–15. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Avaritia: 7. Culicoides boydi Wirth & Mullens, 8. Culicoides pusilloides Wirth &Blanton,9. Culicoidespusillus Lutz.SubgenusBeltranmyia: 10.Culicoides crepuscularis Malloch.SubgenusCulicoides: 11. Culicoides elutus Macfie, 12. Culicoides fortinensis Spinelli & Huerta, 13. Culicoides luteovenus Root & Hoffman, 14. Culicoides neopulicaris Wirth, 15. Culicoides rulfoi Spinelli & Huerta. Scale: 0.5 mm. Figs. 7 and 15, on a different scale.