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Culicoides (Drymodesmyia)
Culicoides (Drymodesmyia) saltaensis Spinelli & Wirth, 1984
slide Holotype female
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- La Rioja
- Mendoza
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
saltaensis Spinelli & Wirth, 1984b: 183 (female). HT F (MLPA). Type locality: Argentina, Salta Cafayate, 26°3'54.14"S, 65°58'21.99"W. Distr. Argentina (Salta: type locality; 7 km W Cafayate, 26°5'44.37"S, 66°0'46.91"W. La Rioja: Pozo de Piedra, 4 mi E Chepes, 31°20'3.81"S, 66°31'55.51"W. Tucumán: Alpachiri, 27°20'S, 65°46'W; Santa Ana, 27°28'S, 65°39'W; Villa Batiruana, 27°38'S, 65°44'W. Mendoza: Mendoza city, Zoológico, 32°53'3.75"S, 68°53'20.74"W). Refs.: Spinelli & Wirth, 1984b: 183; Ronderos & Spinelli, 1990: 85; Ronderos & Spinelli, 2002: 94; Veggiani Aybar et al., 2015: 634.
NEW RECORD:
La Rioja: Chilecito, 29°10'27.22"S, 67°28'45.61"W.
Diagnosis: Sensillas present in flagellar segments 3-15. Third bulky segment, with deep sensory fossa and rounded orifice. Proboscis-head ratio 0.92; wing with the second radial cell included in a dark area; M2 rib with a clear area that crosses its middle portion; M1 rib with a clear area crossing its basal portion. Spermatecas with sclerotized necks up to a short distance.
NEW RECORD:
La Rioja: Chilecito, 29°10'27.22"S, 67°28'45.61"W.
Diagnosis: Sensillas present in flagellar segments 3-15. Third bulky segment, with deep sensory fossa and rounded orifice. Proboscis-head ratio 0.92; wing with the second radial cell included in a dark area; M2 rib with a clear area that crosses its middle portion; M1 rib with a clear area crossing its basal portion. Spermatecas with sclerotized necks up to a short distance.
- 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. 1990. Further notes on Culicoides Latreille 1809 from Argentina (Insecta, Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Iheringia, Porto Alegre. 70: 81-89. ISSN: 0073-4721.:85.
- 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.
- 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.
