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Culicoidini
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Culicoides
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Culicoides (Haematomyidium)
Culicoides (Haematomyidium) pampaensis Spinelli & Wirth, 1984
slide Holotype
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Catamarca
- Chubut
- La Pampa
- La Rioja
- Mendoza
- Salta
Other distribution
pampaensis Spinelli & Wirth, 1984b: 182 (female). Type locality: Argentina, La Pampa, Colonia 25 de Mayo, 37°46'29.8''S, 67°42'48.5''W. HT F (MLPA). Distr.- Argentina (Jujuy: Libertador General San Martín, 23°48'S, 64°48'W. Salta: Cafayate, 7 km W Cafayate, río Colorado, 26°5'44.37"S, 66°0'46.91W; San José de Metán, 25°30'S, 64°58'W. Catamarca: Departamento Londres, El Shincal, 27°40'59.99"S, 67°10'0.02"W. Chubut: meseta de Somuncura, arroyo Telsen, 42°28’35''S, 66°52’18''W, 276 m). Refs.: Spinelli & Wirth, 1984b: 182; Ronderos & Spinelli, 2002: 94; Spinelli & Ronderos, 2005: 43; Muzón et al., 2010: 113; Veggiani Aybar et al., 2015: 634.
Male: unknown until Spinelli & Ronderos (2005) unveil the male collected in light trap.
The biting midge Culicoides pampaensis Spinelli & Wirth is presently known by only three female specimens. The species was originally described by Spinelli & Wirth (1984) from a single specimen captured while it was biting a human in Colonia 25 de Mayo, La Pampa province, Argentina. The second specimen was also collected biting man in Cafayate, Salta province, and this record was published by Ronderos & Spinelli (2002). The third specimen was captured at light at the type-locality, and its record was not formally published.
Male: unknown until Spinelli & Ronderos (2005) unveil the male collected in light trap.
The biting midge Culicoides pampaensis Spinelli & Wirth is presently known by only three female specimens. The species was originally described by Spinelli & Wirth (1984) from a single specimen captured while it was biting a human in Colonia 25 de Mayo, La Pampa province, Argentina. The second specimen was also collected biting man in Cafayate, Salta province, and this record was published by Ronderos & Spinelli (2002). The third specimen was captured at light at the type-locality, and its record was not formally published.
- SPINELLI, G. R. & W. W. WIRTH. 1984a. Ocho especies nuevas del género Culicoides LATREILLE de la Región Neotropical, Primera descripción del macho de C. flinti y de la hembra de C. lenti. TAVARES y LUNA DIAS (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 43: 171-185:171-185.
- RONDEROS, M. M. & G. R. SPINELLI. 2002. Los Culicoides de la Argentina: Clave de especies y nuevos registros (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). En: D. Salomón (Comp.). Actualizaciones en Artropodología Sanitaria Argentina. Serie Enfermedades Transmisibles, Pub. Monogr. Nº 2. Fundación Mundo Sano, Buenos Aires, pp 89-95.:94.
- SPINELLI, G. R. & M. M. RONDEROS. 2005. Description of the male of Culicoides pampaensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Revista Sociedad Entomológica, Argentina. 64(3-4): 43-46. ISSN: 0373-5680.:43.
- MUZÓN J., G. R. SPINELLI, G. C. ROSSI, P. I. MARINO, F. DÍAZ & M. C. MELO. 2010. Nuevas citas de insectos acuáticos para la Meseta de Somuncurá, Patagonia, Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 69: 111–116.
- VEGGIANI AYBAR, C.A., M. J. DANTUR, G. L. CLAPS, G. L., M. LIZARRALDE DE GROSSO & G. R. SPINELLI. 2015. Latitudinal gradient of biting midges in the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Argentina and Bolivia. Florida Entomologist. 98: 633–638.
