Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) panamensis Barbosa, 1947

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 : 9

Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) panamensis Barbosa

Culicoides panamensis Barbosa, 1947: 22 ( Panama) .

Culicoides (Culicoides) panamensis: Wirth and Blanton 1959: 334 (review of Culicoides of Panama; distribution).

Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) panamensis: Vargas 1960: 40 (in list of New World Culicoides in subgenus Drymodesmyia ).

Culicoides alambiculorum Macfie, 1948: 81 ( Mexico) .

Discussion. This species occurs from Mexico, south to Panama and Jamaica ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). It was previously known in Mexico from Chiapas, Nayarit and Veracruz ( Macfie 1948, Wirth and Blanton 1974, Wirth et al. 1988). We provide the first records from the states of Baja California, México, and Morelos, and additional records from Veracruz.

New records. Baja California, Isla Monserrat , 17-18 May 1997, Malaise trap, 5 females, 1 male ; Isla San Lorenzo, Malaise trap, 10-11 May 1997, 4 females, 19 males. México, Otumba , 24 August-14 September 2007, Z. D. Hdez., Malaise trap, 3 females, 3 males ; same data except, 12 April-4 May 2007, 9 females, 10 males ; same data except 24 May-14 June 2007, 1 female, 2 males ; same data except 5-26 June 2007, 8 females, 5 males ; same data except 24 August-14 September 2007, 4 females, 3 males ; same data except 4- 31 October 2007, 6 females, 6 males ; same data except 5 November-6 December 2007, 5 females, 6 males ; same data except 23 January-13 February 2008, 2 females, 3 males. Morelos, Jojutla, San Vicente Aranda, 10 July 1985, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, 1 female. Veracruz, Ayahualulco , Apanteopan , 12 May 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 6 females, 8 males ; same data except 2 September 2008, Malaise trap, 2 females ; same data except 1 September 2008, CDC trap, 2 females, 1 male ; Atzalan, Plan de Arroyos , Malaise trap, 2 September 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, 1 female ; same data except 19 May 2009, CDC trap, 6 females ; Vega de Alatorre, Emilio Carranza , 13 May 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, Malaise trap, 1 female ; Emiliano Zapata, Chavarrillo , 9 September 2009, Entomological brigade JS IV, Malaise trap, 1 female ; same data except, 10 September 2008, CDC trap, 2 females ; Juchique de Ferrer, Los Arroyos , 5 February 2009, CDC trap, 1 female ; Vega de Alatorre, Los Arroyos , 21 May 2009, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 1 female ; Teocelo, Texin , 1 September 2009, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 2 females ; Actopan, Soyacuautla , 20 May 2009, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 1 female ; same data except, Malaise trap, 1 female ; Jalacingo, Guadalupe Victoria , 1 September 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 1 male .