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limai can be readily distinguished by its smaller size, the subapical 

 pale band on the hind femur and pale apex of the hind tibia, the much 

 broader third palpal segment, and the presence of a small ventral lobe 

 on the male parameres. 



36. Culicoides limai Barretto 



Figure 39 



Culicoides limai Barretto, 1944, Anais Fac. Med. Univ. Sao Paulo, vol. 20, p. 99 

 (male; Est. Sao Paulo, Brazil; fig. genitalia, antenna, palpus, mesonotum, 

 wing).— Ortiz and Mirsa, 1951, Rev. Sanid. Asist. Soc, vol. 16, p. 597 (male; 

 Venezuela; fig. mesonotal pattern, palpus, spermatheca, wing, male genitalia); 

 1952, idem., vol. 17, p. 265 (female; Venezuela; fig. wing, antenna, palpus, 

 spermathecae) . Forattini; 1954, Fol. Clin. Biol., vol. 22, p. 224 (male, 

 female; Brazil, Colombia; fig. wing, palpus, eyes, mesonotum, antenna, 



Figure 39. — Culicoides limai Barretto. a-e. Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; c, palpus; 

 d, tibial comb; e, spermathedae. /, g, Male: /, parameres; g, genitalia, parameres re- 

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