Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955a

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 : 15

Culicoides pusilloides Wirth & Blanton, 1955a

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MEXICO, Chiapas, El Vergel , 30-apr-1935, light trap, M.F. 4525, Dampf A., female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/ lam-00475] . PANAMA (RP), Almirante , 3-feb-1953, light trap, Blanton F.S., female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/ lam-00473], same date except, 3-feb-1954, male [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00474] .

Figures

FIGURE 7–15. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Avaritia: 7. Culicoides boydi Wirth & Mullens, 8. Culicoides pusilloides Wirth &Blanton,9. Culicoidespusillus Lutz.SubgenusBeltranmyia: 10.Culicoides crepuscularis Malloch.SubgenusCulicoides: 11. Culicoides elutus Macfie, 12. Culicoides fortinensis Spinelli & Huerta, 13. Culicoides luteovenus Root & Hoffman, 14. Culicoides neopulicaris Wirth, 15. Culicoides rulfoi Spinelli & Huerta. Scale: 0.5 mm. Figs. 7 and 15, on a different scale.