Culicoides arubae Fox & Hoffman, 1944

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Culicoides arubae Fox & Hoffman, 1944

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MEXICO, Tamaulipas, Tampico, Laguna Carpintero , nov-1945, net, capt. #161, Macias M., 4 females, 4 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00814–00821]; Yucatán, Reserva Ría Lagartos, Estación Ría Lagartos, 31-aug-1995, luz de foco atrayente, selva baja, Huerta H., female, male slide mounted [CONABIO 95-0928, 0926], same data except, Chiquila, 500 m. O, 29-nov-1995, biting human, mangle, Paz-Rodríguez R. & Huerta H., 2 females [CONABIO 95-0927, 0929], Reserva Ría Celestun, km 6 camino Celestun-Sisal, 7-dec-1995, light trap, duna costera, Huerta H., male slide mounted [CONABIO 98-00567] . PANAMA, Aguadulce, Province Coclé, 21-nov-1952, Blanton F.S., male slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00822] .

Figures

FIGURE 91–92. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Unplaced to species group: 91. Culicoides albomaculus Root & Hoffman, 92. Culicoides arubae Fox & Hoffman. Scale: 0.5 mm. Abbreviations. an c= anal cell; ba arc= basal arculus; Costal L= costal length; C= costal vein; CuA1 and CuA2 = branch of cubital veins; dis pale sp= distal pale spot; me cu f= medial cubital fork; m1, m2 = medial cells; M1, M2= branches of medial vein; pa sp st mid= pale spot straddling midportion; post stig pale sp= poststigmatic pale spot; R1, R3, = radial veins; 1st rc= first radial cell; 2nd rc= second radial cell; r3= third radial cell; r-m = radial-medial cross vein; WL= wing length.