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30. Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie 



Figure 33 



Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie, 1948, Ann. Trop. Med. Parasit., vol. 42, p. 82 

 (female; Chiapas, Mexico; fig. wing). — Wirth, 1955, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 57, p. 115 (Guatemala; male, female, descriptive notes; fig. 

 mesonotum, palpus, male genitalia; synonym, cacozelus Macfie). 



Culicoides cacozelus Macfie, 1948, Ann. Trop. Med. Parasit., vol. 42, p. 85 (female; 

 Chiapas, Mexico; fig. wing). 



Culicoides hertigi Wirth and Blanton, 1953, Journ. Parasit., vol. 39, p. 229 (male, 

 female; Panama; fig. wing, mesonotal pattern, palpus, male genitalia). 

 New synonymy. 



Female: Length of wing 0.83 (0.76-0.92, n=12) mm. 



Head. — Eyes contiguous above, bare. Antenna with flagellar seg- 

 ments in proportion of 17 :1 1 :12 :12 :12 :12 :12 :13 :23 :23 :23 :24 :34, anten- 

 nal ratio 1.26 (1.18-1.32, n=4); distal sensory tufts present on seg- 



FiGURE 33.^ — Culicoides poikilonotus Macfie. a-e, Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; 

 c, palpus; d, tibial comb; e, spermathecae. /, g, Male:/, parameres; g, genitalia, parameres 

 removed. 



