Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, 1957

Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. & Grogan Jr, William L., 2025, An atlas of wing photographs and a key to species of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), including new records, new synonymy, two new species and new status of Culicoides neghmei Vargas and C. propinquus Macfie, Zootaxa 5566 (1), pp. 1-51 : 31

Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, 1957

( Fig. 59–60 , 115–118 )

MEXICO, Sinaloa, Mazatlán , 17–23-jul-1963, Splanger PJ., light trap, female slide mounted [ CAIM /Crt/lam- 00607] .

Figures

FIGURE 56–61. Wings, dorsal view. Female. Subgenus Macfiella: 56. Culicoides phlebotomus (Williston), 57. Culicoides willistoni Wirth & Blanton. Subgenus Mataemyia: 58. Culicoides dicrourus Wirth & Blanton. Subgenus Monoculicoides: 59– 60. Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones or Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, 61. Culicoides variipennis (Coquillett). Scale: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 115–118. Subgenus Monoculicoides, Culicoides variipennis complex. Female and male. 115–118. Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones or Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, 115. Head, frontal view; 116. Hind leg, lateral view; 117. Last abdominal segments, ventral view; 118. Male genitalia, ventral view. Scale: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations. Legs: bas pal: basal pale area; fe= femur; mid pal: middle pale area; suba pal: subapical pale area; subb pal: subbasal pale area; ti= tibia. Abdomen: spe: spermatheca. Male genitalia: aed: aedeagus; apl pro: apicolateral process; dor pro: dorsal process; goncx: gonocoxite; gonst: gonostyle; pm: paramere; ven pro: ventral process; 9th ste: ninth sternite.