Culicoides hylas Macfie, 1940

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 : 28

Culicoides hylas Macfie, 1940

( Fig. 50 , 109, 111–114 )

HONDURAS, Lancetilla , may-1954, light trap, Galindo P., female, male slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00429– 00430] . PANAMA (RP), Almirante , nov-1952, light trap, Blanton F.S., male slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00432]; El Valle, 25-jun-1954, light trap, Blanton F.S., female [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00431] .

Figures

FIGURE 46–50. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Hoffmania: 46. Culicoides diabolicus Hoffman, 47. Culicoides filariferus Hoffman, 48. Culicoides foxi Ortiz, 49. Culicoides franklini Spinelli, 50. Culicoides hylas Macfie. Scale: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 109–114. Subgenus Hoffmania, Hylas group. Female and male. 109, 111–114. Culicoides hylas Macfie, 109. Head, frontal view. 110. Culicoides palpalis Macfie, palpus, lateral view. Legs, lateral view: 111. Fore, 112. Middle, 113. Hind. 114. Male genitalia, ventral view. Scale: 109–110, 114= 0.1 mm; 111–113= 0.5 mm. Abbreviations. Head: 2nd seg: second palpal segment; 3rd seg: third palpal segment; sen pit: sensory pit. Legs: api pal: apical pale area; bas pal: basal pale area; fe= femur; ti= tibia.