Culicoides ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960

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 : 22

Culicoides ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 1960

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MEXICO, Baja California, Mezquital , 25-aug-1959, light trap, Radford & Werner, 3 females, 2 males slide mounted, det. Wirth W., 1962 [ CAIM / Crt /lam-00358–00359, 00364, 00375, 00377] . Puebla, 4 mi. S Acatlán , 2-aug- 1960, Ryckman et al. ADM-56 reared Lemaireocereus , 2 females, slide mounted [ CAIM / Crt /lam-00363, 00374] . Sonora, 98 mi. W Sonoyta , 11-apr-1960, Ryckman et al. ADM-27 reared Cereus giganteus , 9 females, 2 males slide mounted [ CAIM / Crt /lam-00357, 00360–00361, 00365–00368, 00370–00372, 00376], same date except , 72 mi. S Sonoyta , 13-apr-1960, Ryckman et al. ADM-23 reared Lophocereus schottii , 2 females [ CAIM / Crt /lam-00369, 00373] .

Figures

FIGURE 30–37. Wings, dorsal view. Female and male. Subgenus Drymodesmyia: 30. Culicoides panamensis Barbosa, 31. Culicoides pilosus Wirth & Blanton, 32. Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 33. Culicoides propinquus Macfie (male), 34. Culicoides ryckmani Wirth & Hubert, 35. Culicoides sitiens Wirth & Hubert, 36. Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 37. Culicoides wirthomyia Vargas (male). Scale: 0.5 mm; Fig. 33 (0.05 mm).