Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, 1957

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 : 31

Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, 1957

( Fig. 59–60 , 115–118 )

MEXICO, Sonora, Hermosillo , 12-aug-1959, Werner & Nutting, light trap, female slide mounted [ CAIM / Crt / lam-00585–005893] ; Baja California, Canipole 10 mi. S, 28-aug-1959, light trap, Radford & Werner, female slide mounted [ CAIM / Crt /lam-00604] ; Nuevo León, Sabinas Hidalgo, 6-oct-1943, #CE88323, Brookman B., male slide mounted [ CAIM / Crt /lam-00619] . USA, Arizona, Cochise County, San Pedro River , 23-Aug-1964, female, slide mounted ( USNM) .

Figures

FIGURE 56–61. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Macfiella: 56. Culicoides phlebotomus (Williston), 57. Culicoides willistoni Wirth & Blanton. Subgenus Mataemyia: 58. Culicoides dicrourus Wirth & Blanton. Subgenus Monoculicoides: 59– 60. Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones or Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, 61. Culicoides variipennis (Coquillett). Scale: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 115–118. Subgenus Monoculicoides, Culicoides variipennis complex. Female and male. 115–118. Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones or Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, 115. Head, frontal view; 116. Hind leg, lateral view; 117. Last abdominal segments, ventral view; 118. Male genitalia, ventral view. Scale: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations. Legs: bas pal: basal pale area; fe= femur; mid pal: middle pale area; suba pal: subapical pale area; subb pal: subbasal pale area; ti= tibia. Abdomen: spe: spermatheca. Male genitalia: aed: aedeagus; apl pro: apicolateral process; dor pro: dorsal process; goncx: gonocoxite; gonst: gonostyle; pm: paramere; ven pro: ventral process; 9th ste: ninth sternite.