Culicoides (Diphaomyia) haematopotus Malloch, 1937

Huerta, Rodríguez, Ana M., William L. Grogan, Jr. & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (211), pp. 1-20 : 8

Culicoides (Diphaomyia) haematopotus Malloch

Culicoides haematopotus Malloch 1915: 302 (Illinois) .

Culicoides (Diphaomyia) haematopotus: Vargas 1960: 40 (in list of species in new subgenus Diphaomyia ).

Culicoides (Diphaeomyia) haematopotus: Blanton and Wirth 1979: 95 (subgenus sic; Florida records; distribution).

Discussion. This wide ranging species occurs in North America from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, throughout the USA south to Honduras. It was first recorded in Mexico by Root and Hoffman (1937) from Distrito Federal, and then Vargas (1945) recorded it from Guerrero and Macfie (1948) from Chiapas. We provide the first records from Puebla and Veracruz.

New records. Puebla, Atlixco, Metepec, 29 November 1993, F. Castro, 1 female, 1 male. Veracruz, Ayahualulco, Apanteopan, 12 May 2008, Entomological brigade JS IV, CDC trap, 1 female.