Culicoides (Diphaomyia) evansi Wirth & Blanton

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Culicoides evansi Wirth & Blanton, 1959: 342 (female, male; Panama; figures).

Culicoides (Diphaomyia) evansi Wirth & Blanton. Wirth 1974: 14.21 (in catalogue of Diptera of the Americas south of United States; distribution); Wirth et al. 1988: 30 (atlas of wing photographs of the Neotropical species; distribution); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 67 (in world species of biting midges); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 30 (in catalog of new world south of the United States; distribution); Spinelli & Borkent 2004: 390 (in species list of Costa Rica); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 64 (in catalog of the Ceratopogonidae of Neotropical region; distribution); Spinelli et al. 2009: 87 (in species list Colombia); Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 110 (in catalogue of biting midges of the world).

Remarks. This species was originally described in the iriartei group from Panama by Wirth & Blanton (1959). Posteriorly, Wirth (1974) included it in the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas. Five very similar species belonging to this subgenus inhabits in Mexico: Culicoides baueri Hoffman, C. blantoni Vargas & Wirth, C. haematopotus Malloch, C. iriartei Fox and C. tzotzil sp. nov. Culicoides evansi can be distinguished by the characteristics included in the key.

Material examined. Mexico, Morelos, Cuautla, 27-sept-1937, A. Dampf, light trap, Mexican Fauna No. 162. female (slide mounted, CAIM). First record from Mexico .

Distribution. Mexico (Morelos), Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia.