Culicoides furens (Poey), 1853

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Culicoides furens (Poey), 1853

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MEXICO, Nayarit, San Blas, 3-jul-1964, light trap, Spangler P.J., 9 females slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00622, 00625–00632]. Veracruz, Catemaco, Barra de Sontecomapan , 20-jul-1993, biting human, Elizabeth C., female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00633]; Actopan , Arroyo Agrío , 27-jun-2006, CDC trap, GPS: 19° 42´24´´ N, 96° 25´52.5´´ W, Ibáñez-Bernal S., 32 msnm, female, 2 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-01312, 01321–01322]. Yucatán, Reserva Ría Lagartos, Estación Ría Lagartos, 31-aug-1995, luz de foco atrayente, selva baja, Huerta H., 2 males slide mounted [CONABIO 95-0918, 0922]; Reserva Ría Celestún, Ecoparaíso, km 12 carretera Celestún-Sisal, 19-mar-1998, biting human, Paz-Rodríguez R., 2 females slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00634–00635], same data except, Rancho Loma Bonita, 19-mar-1996, trampa luz cortina, selva baja, Ibáñez-Bernal S., female, male [CONABIO 97-03433, 03438] . PANAMA, Aguadulce , 25-sept-1951, light trap (LT), Blanton F.S., male slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00624], same data except, 21-nov-1952, female [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00623] .

Figures

FIGURE 62–67. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Oecacta: 62. Culicoides barbosai Wirth & Blanton, 63. Culicoides cancer Hogue & Wirth, 64. Culicoides furens (Poey). Subgenus Selfia: 65. Culicoides hieroglyphicus Malloch, 66. Culicoides multipunctatus Malloch. Acotylus group: 67. Culicoides acotylus Lutz. Scale: 0.5 mm. Fig. 63, on a different scale.