Culicoides pusillus Lutz, 1913

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 : 16

Culicoides pusillus Lutz, 1913

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MEXICO, Chiapas, El Vergel , 30-apr-1935, light trap, M.F. 4525, Dampf A., 2 females, 3 males, slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00485–00489] . Veracruz, Cuitlahuac, 10-aug-1964, light trap, Spangler P.J., 2 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00476, 00479], same date except, Catemaco , 9-aug-1964, female [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00478] . Tabasco, Villahermosa, 6-aug-1964, light trap, Spangler P.J., 3 females, 4 males slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam-00477, 00480–00484, 00490], same date except, Centro, Zoológico, Malaise trap, 23-Dic-2008 to 8-Jan-2009, Villanueva A., female slide mounted . Oaxaca, Santiago Yaveo, 23-nov-2019, trap CDC, GPS: 17° 20’ 8.5” N, 95° 41’ 38” W, Benitez-Alva J.I., Reyes-Garcia F., male slide mounted; Santa Cruz Zenzontepec, La Soledad Cofradia , 26- nov-2019, trap CDC, GPS: 16° 32´40.4´´ N, 97° 32´44.9´´ W, Benitez-Alva J.I., Perez-Martinez D., male slide mounted .

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.