Culicoides wirthomyia Vargas, 1953b

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 : 24

Culicoides wirthomyia Vargas, 1953b

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Type series. HOLOTYPE male. MEXICO, Guerrero, Iguala , 14-mar-1936, lampara trampa, Ruiz-Soto, R, captura 1381, slide mounted in balsam Canada. No. CE 88213 [ CAIM /Crt/Tp/lam-00112–00113, 0048] . PARATYPES 2 males, same data, except CE 88112, CE88073 .

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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).