Culicoides (Amossovia) pecosensis Wirth, 1965
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Culicoides (Amossovia) pecosensis Wirth View in CoL
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Culicoides pecosensis Wirth, 1955: 358 View in CoL (female; male genitalia; fig. female wing, mesonotum, palpus, male genitalia, parameres; Texas). Jones and Wirth 1958: 84 (key; diagnosis). Wirth and Blanton 1967: 228 (key; female; male genitalia; fig. female antenna, wing, palpus, eye separation, spermathecae, leg, male genitalia, parameres; rejection of placement in subgenus Oecacta View in CoL ). Wirth et al. 1985: 20 (numerical characters; fig. female wing).
Culicoides (Glaphiromyia) pecosensis: Vargas 1960: 41 View in CoL (assignment to subgenus Glaphiromyia Vargas View in CoL ).
Culicoides (Oecacta) pecosensis: Wirth 1965: 130 View in CoL (placement in subgenus Oecacta View in CoL ). Atchley 1967: 1004 (key; female; male genitalia; fig. female wing, palpus, tibial comb, spermathecae, male genitalia, parameres).
Culicoides (Amossovia) pecosensis: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 12 View in CoL (in Nearctic catalog).
Diagnosis. ( Tables 14, 15) Brown; wing pattern distinct; r 2 dark; distal pale spot in r 3 medially constricted and roughly 8-shaped; pale spots straddling at ~0.3 on M 1 and ~0.5 on M 2; CuA fork and CuA 1 and CuA 2 dark except at tips; pore of sensory pit on palpal segment 3>0.5 the diameter of segment (as in Fig. 247 C. californiensis ); pale band subapical on hind tibiae; ventral apodeme of gonocoxite simple; aedeagus Y-shaped, median process narrow, parallel-sided, truncate; parameres separate, apices simple, thick bladelike, pointed.
Distribution. New Mexico, Texas.
Adult behavior. The mandibular and lacinial teeth on the female indicate it feeds on vertebrate blood; however, its hosts are unknown.
Subgenus Avaritia Fox
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Culicoides (Amossovia) pecosensis Wirth
Phillips, Robert A. 2022 |
Culicoides (Amossovia) pecosensis: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 12
Borkent A & Grogan WL 2009: 12 |
Culicoides (Oecacta) pecosensis: Wirth 1965: 130
Atchley WR 1967: 1004 |
Wirth WW 1965: 130 |
Culicoides (Glaphiromyia) pecosensis:
Vargas L. 1960: 41 |
Culicoides pecosensis Wirth, 1955: 358
Wirth WW & Dyce AL & Peterson BV & Roper I. 1985: 20 |
Wirth WW & Blanton FS 1967: 228 |
Jones RH & Wirth WW 1958: 84 |
Wirth WW 1955: 358 |