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Culicoides
Culicoides boliviensis Spinelli & Wirth, 1984
female wing
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Misiones
Other distribution
Bolivia
Brazil
Brazil
boliviensis Spinelli & Wirth, 1984b: 172 (female). Type locality: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, San Esteban Muyurina. HT F (USNM). Distr.- Bolivia, Argentina (Misiones: Posadas, 27°24'26.66"S, 55°57'29.29"W. Corrientes: Colonia Liebig, arroyo Chimiray, 27°55'5.87"S, 55°48'51.47"W), Brazil (Minas Gerais). Refs.: Ronderos & Spinelli, 1990: 82.
Diagnosis: Sensilas present in flagellar segments 3, 7-10; Wing with the second radial cell included in a dark area; no clear area that crosses the middle portion of the rib M2; M1 and M2 cells with two clear areas; with a clear area in front of the M-Cu fork; R5 cell with a voluminous distal clear area, transverse position; M1 rib with a clear area at the apex. Dark posterior femur at the apex. Two spermathecae with long necks, third rudimentary and sclerotized ring present.
Male: Unknown.
Diagnosis: Sensilas present in flagellar segments 3, 7-10; Wing with the second radial cell included in a dark area; no clear area that crosses the middle portion of the rib M2; M1 and M2 cells with two clear areas; with a clear area in front of the M-Cu fork; R5 cell with a voluminous distal clear area, transverse position; M1 rib with a clear area at the apex. Dark posterior femur at the apex. Two spermathecae with long necks, third rudimentary and sclerotized ring present.
Male: Unknown.
- 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.:82.
