Culicoides ousairani Khalaf, 1952

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 : 14

Culicoides ousairani Khalaf, 1952

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USA, Virginia, Fairfax County, Fall Church, Holmes Run (stream), light trap, Wirth, W.W., female slide mounted ( USNM) .

Figures

FIGURE 1–6. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Amossovia: 1. Culicoides cochisensis Wirth & Blanton, 2. Culicoides oklahomensis Khalaf, 3. Culicoides ousairani Khalaf. Subgenus Anilomyia: 4. Culicoides hayesi Matta (based and modified from Wirth et al. 1988, page 23, figure 50), 5. Culicoides nigrigenus Wirth & Blanton, 6. Culicoides pseudodecor Spinelli & Huerta. Scale: 0.5 mm. Figures 3 and 4 without scale.