Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) poikilonotus Macfie, 1948

William L. Grogan, Jr., Spinelli, Ronderos, María M. & Carla, 2013, The biting and predaceous midges of Guadeloupe Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). I. Species of the subfamily Ceratopogoninae, Insecta Mundi 2013 (324), pp. 1-21 : 3-4

Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) poikilonotus Macfie

Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948: 82 ( Mexico) .

Culicoides (Oecacta) poikilonotus: Wirth and Blanton 1959: 337 (review of Culicoides of Panama; distribution).

Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) poikilonotus: Vargas 1960: 40 (in list of New World Culicoides in the subgenus Drymodesmyia ); Wirth et al. 1988: 26 (in Neotropical Wing Atlas); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 31 (in New World catalog south of the USA); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 65 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution).

Culicoides cacozelus Macfie, 1948: 82 ( Mexico) .

Culicoides hertigi Wirth and Blanton, 1953: 229 ( Panama) .

Discussion. This primarily Neotropical species ranges from Chiapas, Mexico, south through Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad to Brazil ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). We provide the first records from Guadeloupe.

New records. Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Bois Malher, 9-IX-2010, MC Thomas & RH Turnbow, Blacklight trap, 2 males. New Guadeloupe record.