Culicoides (Haematomyidium) horticola Lutz, 1913
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Corrientes
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil
Paraguay
 
  • bachmanni Spinelli, G. R.
horticola Lutz, 1913: 61 (female). Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Tatuí. ST F (FIOC). Distr.- Perú, Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, Argentina (Misiones: Corpus, 27°6'22.43"S, 55°31'24.71"W; Posadas, 9 de Julio, 27°25'27.46"S, 55°54'36.40"W; Posadas, arroyo Mártires, 27°24'26.66"S, 55°57'29.29"W. Corrientes: Santa Tecla, 27°36'57.67"S, 56°23'14.66"W. Buenos Aires: Ensenada, Reserva Natural Integral Punta Lara, marginal forest, 34º47'21.2''S, 57º59'56.8''W). Refs.: Spinelli et al., 1989: 735; Ronderos & Spinelli, 1998: 81; Ronderos et al., 2003b: 22; Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli, 2009: 28.

bachmanni Spinelli, in Spinelli et al., 2005a: 146. Type locality: Argentina, Misiones, Corpus, 27°6'22.43"S, 55°31'24.71"W. HT F (MLPA).

Diagnosis.
Very small species. Sensilas present in flagellar segments 3, 8-10. Second radial cell included in a dark area; clear area over the small r-m transverse rib and barely reaching the alar margin; clear post-stigmatic areas located at the same level; clear distal area of cell M1 closely separated from the alar margin. Two subspherical spermatheques, with notorious necks; rudimentary third and sclerotized ring present.
  • LUTZ, A. 1913. Contribuicao para o estudo das Ceratopogoninas hematófagas do Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 5: 45 - 73, pls. 6-8.:45-73.
  • SPINELLI, G. R., M. M. RONDEROS & BALSEIRO E. G. 1989. Análisis de la actividad diaria de Dípteros Nematoceros en Punta Lara (Pdo. de Ensenada). II. Ceratopogonidae. Con la descripción de una especie nueva del género Atrichopogon. Limnobios. 2(10): 733-737. ISSN: 0325-7592.:735.
  • SPINELLI, G. R. & M. M. RONDEROS. 1998. Las especies de Culicoides en el área de influencia de la represa Yacyretá (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Revista Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, Buenos Aires. 57(1-4): 79-83. ISSN: 0373-5680:81.
  • RONDEROS, M. M., N. GRECO & G. R. SPINELLI. 2003. Diversity of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the area of the Yacyretá dam lake between Argentina and Paraguay. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Río de Janeiro. 98(1): 19-24. ISSN: 0074-0276.:22.
  • FELIPPE-BAUER, M.L. & G. R. SPINELLI. 2009. New records, synonymy and description of the male of Culicoides horticola Lutz, 1913 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Biota Neotropica. 9: 27–30.
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