Culicoides pilosus Wirth & Blanton, 1959

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 pilosus Wirth & Blanton, 1959

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MEXICO, Hidalgo, Tlanchinol, 3.5 km carretera Tlanchinol-Apantlazol , cloud forest, GPS: 20’59’16” N, 98’39’36” W, 2–6-aug-1997, Malaise trap, Blackaller J., Salceda-Sánchez B. & Pérez-Garcia A., female slide mounted ( CAIM) .

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).