Culicoides torridus 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 : 23

Culicoides torridus Wirth & Hubert, 1960

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MEXICO, Puebla, 4 mi. S Acatlán, Puebla, 2-aug-1960, Ryckman et al. ADM-56 reared Lemaireocereus , female, 5 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00378, 00387, 00389, 00391–00393] . San Luis Potosi, 54 mi. N San Luis Potosi, 4-aug-1960, Ryckman & Christianson, ADM-61 reared from Myrtillocactus geometrizans , 3 females, 3 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00379–00381, 00383, 00388, 00386] . Oaxaca, 49 mi. S Oaxaca, 31-jul-1960, Ryckman, Ryckman & Christianson ADM-55 reared from Lemaireocereus , 2 females, 2 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00382, 00384–00385, 00390] .

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).