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Culicoides (Hoffmania)
Culicoides (Hoffmania) foxi Ortiz 1950
wing female
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Misiones
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Mexico (Chiapas) to Bolivia, Puerto Rico to northeastern Argentina.
foxi Ortíz, 1950: 461 (male). Type locality: Puerto Rico, Campo Tortuguero (Fox, 1949: 31, as C. guttatus). HT M (UNPR). Distr.- Mexico (Chiapas) to Bolivia, Puerto Rico to Argentina (Misiones: Puerto Iguazú, 25°40'S, 54°33'W. Corrientes: Cuay Chico, 28°42'56.40"S, 56°24'3.00"W; Mocoretá, 30°37'06.63"S, 57°58'31.17"W). Refs.: Forattini, 1957: 205; Cavalieri & Chiossone, 1966: 148; Spinelli & Ronderos, 1991: 88; Veggiani Aybar et al., 2012b: 798.
NEW RECORDS
Tucumán: La Florida, 27°13'S, 65°37'W, 452m. Misiones: Paranay, 26°40'33.82"S, 54°49'13.44"W.
Diagnosis: Antenna with base of flagellar segments 3-10 clear; sensilas present in flagellar segments 3, 11-15. Third maxillary segment with shallow sensory fossa. Mesonoto with a middle band and 2 clear sides. Wing with alternating light and dark areas; small dark, isolated mark, present near the end of the rib R4 + 5, in the distal region of the second radial cell; clear distal area of cell M1 broadly reaching the alar margin. Two piriform spermathecae, third rudimentary and sclerotized ring present.
NEW RECORDS
Tucumán: La Florida, 27°13'S, 65°37'W, 452m. Misiones: Paranay, 26°40'33.82"S, 54°49'13.44"W.
Diagnosis: Antenna with base of flagellar segments 3-10 clear; sensilas present in flagellar segments 3, 11-15. Third maxillary segment with shallow sensory fossa. Mesonoto with a middle band and 2 clear sides. Wing with alternating light and dark areas; small dark, isolated mark, present near the end of the rib R4 + 5, in the distal region of the second radial cell; clear distal area of cell M1 broadly reaching the alar margin. Two piriform spermathecae, third rudimentary and sclerotized ring present.
- ORTIZ, I. 1950. Estudios en Culicoides IV. Revision de las especies americanas del sub-genero Hoffmania Fox 1948. con la descripción de dos nuevas especies. Rev. Sanid. Asist. Social.15: 431-433:431-433.
- FORATTINI, O.P. 1957. Culicoides da região neotropical (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Arquivos da Faculdade de Higiene e Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo. 11: 159–526.
- CAVALIERI, F. & I. F. CHIOSSONE. 1966. Datos sobre la familia de Dipteros hematófagos Leptoconopidae en la Argentina, con la descripción de Leptoconops (Leptoconops) casali sp. n. y la redescripcion de L. (L.) petrochiae Shannon y Del Ponte, 1927. Physis. 26: 43-57
- SPINELLI, G. R. & M. M. RONDEROS. 1991. Los Polvorines del género Culicoides en áreas de influencia de la Represa de Salto Grande (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Neotropica, La Plata. 37(97): 83-94. ISSN: 0548-1686.
- VEGGIANI AYBAR, C.A., M. J. DANTUR., M. SANTANA, M. LIZARRALDE DE GROSSO & G. R. SPINELLI. 2012a. The spatio-temporal distribution patterns of biting midges of the genus Culicoides in Salta province, Argentina. Journal of Insect Science. 12: 1–10.
