Culicoides woodruffi Spinelli & Huerta, 2015

Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. & Grogan Jr, William L., 2025, An atlas of wing photographs and a key to species of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), including new records, new synonymy, two new species and new status of Culicoides neghmei Vargas and C. propinquus Macfie, Zootaxa 5566 (1), pp. 1-51 : 42

Culicoides woodruffi Spinelli & Huerta, 2015

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Type series. HOLOTYPE. MEXICO, Morelos, Nr.(=near) Tijalpa , 24-jun-1963, #270, R171, biting man, Woodruff R.E., female slide mounted (near mohave ); same date except , PARATYPES, 30 females slide mounted ( FSCA) .

Figures

FIGURE 83–90. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Mohave group: 83. Culicoides bajensis Wirth & Moraes, 84. Culicoides hoguei Wirth & Moraes, 85. Culicoides mohave Wirth, 86. Culicoides woodruffi Spinelli & Huerta. Reticulatus group: 87. Culicoides lanei Ortiz. Stigmalis group: 88. Culicoides stigmalis Wirth. Stonei group: 89. Culicoides melleus (Coquillett), 90. Culicoides werneri Wirth & Blanton. Scale: 0.5 mm. Figs. 83 and 90, on a different scale.