Culicoides kettlei Breidenbaugh & Mullens, 1999

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 : 26

Culicoides kettlei Breidenbaugh & Mullens, 1999

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USA, California, Riverside Co., Palm Desert, Deep Canyon Desert , Research Ctr., Bighorn Overlook (Hwy 78), 22-sep-1988, CO 2 - baited trap, Bradley Mullens, female slide mounted ( USNM) .

Figures

FIGURE 38–45. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Glaphiromyia: 38. Culicoides dampfi Root & Hoffman, 39. Culicoides parascopus Wirth & Blanton, 40. Culicoides scopus Root & Hoffman. Subgenus Haematomyidium: 41. Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz, 42. Culicoides eadsi Wirth & Blanton, 43. Culicoides ginesi Ortiz, 44. Culicoides kettlei Breidenbaugh & Mullens, 45. Culicoides paraensis (Goeldi). Scale: 0.5 mm. Fig. 44, on a different scale.