Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz, 1951

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 : 35

Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz, 1951

( Fig. 76 )

MEXICO, Tabasco, Cunduacan, Huimango 2da section, sector La Ceiba , site 1, 7-oct-2019, CDC trap, GPS: 18° 08´34.8´´N, 93° 08´66.4´´ WO, female, male slide mounted; same data except, 9-oct-2019, female (on ethyl alcohol); site 2, 7-oct-2019, GPS: 18° 07´56.0´´ N, 93° 10´46.1´´ WO, 2 females slide mounted; site 3, 7-oct-2019, GPS: 18° 07´97.5´´ N, 93° 10´24.2´´ WO, 10 females (on ethyl alcohol); 8-oct-2019, 2 females slide mounted; 9-oct-2019, 5 females (on ethyl alcohol) . HONDURAS, Lancetilla , dec-1953, light trap, Galindo P., female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00664] . PANAMA, Fort Sherman , sept-1953, light trap, C2, 71´up tree, Blanton F.S., male slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00662]; same data except, Aguadulce, 25-sept-1951, female [ CAIM /Crt/lam- 00665], Mindi Dairy, 13-jun-1952, female [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00663] .

Note: Huerta et al. (2022) mistakenly associated figure 2A of the wing female to Culicoides blantoni .

Figures

FIGURE 75–82. Wings, dorsal view. Female and male. Fluvialis group: 75. Culicoides castillae Fox, 76. Culicoides leopoldoi Ortiz. Leoni group: 77. Culicoides gabaldoni Ortiz, 78. Culicoides glabellus Wirth & Blanton, 79. Culicoides leoni Barbosa. 80. Culicoides reevesi Wirth. Limai group: 81. Culicoides luglani Jones & Wirth, 82. Culicoides neghmei Vargas (male). Scale: 0.5 mm.