Culicoides pallidicornis Kieffer, 1919

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352908
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450761
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scientific name	Culicoides pallidicornis Kieffer
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Culicoides pallidicornis Kieffer View in CoL

Culicoides pallidicornis Kieffer, 1919a: 46 View in CoL ( Hungary, Romania); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 17 (in Nearctic catalog; stonei group; distribution; C. niger View in CoL as synonym).

Culicoides (Oecacta) pallidicornis: Khalaf 1954: 38 View in CoL .

Culicoides niger Root and Hoffman, 1937: 168 (Maryland) View in CoL .

Culicoides (Oecacta) niger: Khalaf 1954: 38 View in CoL ; Blanton and Wirth 1979: 126 (Florida records); Wilkening et al. 1985: 522 (Florida records).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) listed this Holarctic species (as C. niger ) from 26 Florida counties including Wakulla Co. We provide additional records from Wakulla Co. and the first record from Bay Co.

New records. Bay Co., Callaway, Plantation Drive, 25-March-2002, C. F. Hallmon, 1 female (WLGC). Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs St. Pk., swamp on Lodge Rd., 25-26-V-2004, S. Murphree, CDC LT, 2 males (WLGC).