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Figure 8. — Culicoides foxi Ortiz, a—e, Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; c, palpus; d- 

 tibial comb; e, spermathecae. /, g, Male:/, parameres; g, genitalia, parameres removed. 



near distal wing margin; costa extending to 0.68 (0.67-0.71, n=15) 

 of distance to wing tip near distal wing margin. Halter knob blackish. 



Abdomen. — Blackish, cerci pale. Spermathecae two, pyriform, 

 unequal, measuring 0.063 by 0.049 mm. and 0.053 by 0.043 mm., 

 with bases of ducts sclerotized a short distance. 



Male genitalia: Ninth sternum with shallow caudomedian exca- 

 vation; ninth tergum rounded caudad, with very small apicolateral 

 processes. Aedeagus elongate, sides convexly swollen, apex truncate 

 rather than spherical. Parameres fused on basal fourth, apices with 

 short hairs. 



Distribution: Venezuela; Brazil; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; 

 Puerto Rico. 



