Culicoides (Oecacta) furens (Poey)

Huerta, Rodríguez, Ana M., William L. Grogan, Jr. & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (211), pp. 1-20 : 14-15

Culicoides (Oecacta) furens (Poey)

Oecacta furens Poey, 1853: 238 (female; Cuba).

Culicoides furens: Lutz, 1912: 16 (combination).

Culicoides (Oecacta) furens: Khalaf, 1954: 37 .

Ceratopogon maculithorax Williston, 1896: 277 ( St. Vincent).

Culicoides dovei Hall, 1932: 88 ( Georgia, USA).

Culicoides (Oecacta) birabeni Cavalieri, 1966: 59 ( Venezuela) .

Discussion. This pestiferous human-biting coastal species ranges from Massachusetts south to Florida and Texas in the USA, Mexico south to Ecuador, Brazil and the Caribbean region ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). It was previously known in Mexico from Campeche, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatán ( Hoffman 1925, Root and Hoffman 1937, Wirth and Blanton 1974). We provide the first records from Baja California, Hidalgo, Nayarit and additional records from Guerrero, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán.

New records. Baja California, Isla Smith , 14-15 May 1997, Malaise trap, 15 males, 10 females. Guerrero, Coyuca de Catalán, Río Balsas, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, 2 November 1984, 5 females. Hidalgo, Tlanchinol, Carretera Tlanchinol-Apantlazol Km 4, 11 March 1997, S. B. Salceda, J. Blackaller & G. A. Pérez, Malaise trap, 2 females. Nayarit, Matanchen, 9 February 1959, 15 females. Sinaloa, Topolobampo, July 1943, M. Macías, 15 females ; Campo Pesquero “Arenitas”, 30 May 1984, M. Salinas, 10 females ; Teacapán , 20 May 1984, M. Salinas, 10 females. Tabasco , Ceibas , 17 June 1958, N. A. Díaz, 15 females. Veracruz , Actopan, Arroyo Agrío, 27 June 2006, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 4 females ; Vega de Alatorre , Emilio Carranza , 8 September 2009, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 1 female. Yucatán , Celestún, near Ecoparaíso, 4 September 1995, H. Huerta, net, 4 females ; same data except 15 January 1998, Mariposa trap, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, S. P. Manrique & H. Huerta, 2 females ; same data except 23-26 January 1999, H. Huerta & R. C. Pérez, Malaise trap, 1 male, 2 females ; same data except 4 July 1997, light trap, 1 female ; same data except 3 July 1997, H. Huerta, R. R. Paz & S. P. Manrique, 10 females, 3 males ; Reserva Ría Lagartos , 9 July 1997, Malaise trap, 1 female ; same data except 7 December 1995, 2 females ; same data except 8 July 1997, S. P. Manrique, R. R. Paz & H. Huerta, light trap, 1 female ; same data except 4 April 1997, S. P. Manrique, R. R. Paz & H. Huerta, Malaise trap, 1 male ; same data except 14 January 1997, 1 female ; same data except 21 January 1997, 4 females ; same data except 3 April 1997, 1 female, 3 males ; same data except 10 April 1997, light trap, 8 females ; same data except 7 March 1997, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, M. C. L. Miranda, S. P. Manrique & H. Huerta, 1 female ; same data except 4 July 1997, Malaise trap, H. Huerta, S. P. Manrique & R. R. Paz , 1 male ; same data except 2 April 1997, S. Ibáñez- Bernal, M. C. L. Miranda & H. Huerta, 1 female ; same data except 3 July 1997, H. Huerta, S. P. Manrique & R. R. Paz , 1 female ; same data except 21 January 1997, A. A. Godinez, man biting, 5 females ; same data except 11 April 1997, R. R. Paz, S. P. Manrique & H. Huerta, 2 females ; same data except 8 April 1997, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, M. C. L. Miranda, S. P. Manrique & H. Huerta, Malaise trap, 1 female ; same data except 9 Abr 1997, Mariposa trap, 1 female ; same data except 3 July 1997, R. R. Paz, light trap, 1 female .

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