Culicoides (Monoculicoides) sonorensis Wirth and Jones

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 27-28

Culicoides (Monoculicoides) sonorensis Wirth and Jones

Culicoides variipennis sonorensis Wirth and Jones, 1957: 18 (Arizona) .

Culicoides sonorensis: Holbrook et al. 2000: 70 (species status; genetic analysis of C. variipennis complex; distribution).

Culicoides (Monoculicoides) sonorensis: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 15 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Culicoides variipennis australis Wirth and Jones, 1957: 15 (Louisiana) ; Atchley 1967: 975 (synonym of C. v. sonorensis ); Holbrook et al. 2000: 70 (synonym of C. sonorensis ).

Culicoides variipennis albertensis Wirth and Jones, 1957: 17 (Alberta) ; Holbrook et al. 2000: 70 (synonym of C. sonorensis ).

Culicoides (Monoculicoides) variipennis: Blanton and Wirth 1979: 161 (Florida records, in part); Wilkening et al. 1985: 521 (Florida records, in part).

Culicoides occidentalis albertensis: Downes 1978: 63 .

Discussion. Because Blanton and Wirth (1979) and Wilkening et al. (1985) did not specifically distinguish Florida specimens in the C. variipennis complex to subspecies, we list here all slide-mounted specimens of C. sonorensis from Florida in the USNM that were examined by Holbrook et al. (2000) and labeled by WLG.

New records. Escambia Co., Bratt, VI-1968, FS & AJ Blanton, light trap, 5 males, 1 female ( USNM) ; same data except 27 August 1964, Blanton & Broce, 1 female ( WLGC). Jackson Co., Marianna , May 1955, L. T. and Truck Trap, 2 females ; 15 June 1955, light trap, 2 males, 1 female ( USNM). Jefferson Co., Monticello, W. H. Whitcomb, B. L. trap, IV (19)69, 3 females ; V-(19)69, 2 females ( USNM) .