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Discussion: This species and reticulatus Lutz belong in the gi'oup 

 with paucienfuscatus Barbosa on structural features in spite of the 

 reduction of the wing markings to numerous small round pale spots. 

 The distinctive arrangement of these spots in a wheel-like pattern on 

 the distal part of the wing and the dark crossvein with small pale 

 spots on each end will readily serve to identify lyrinotatus. 



54. Culicoides reticulatus Lutz 



Figure 57 



Culicoides reticulatus Lutz, 1913, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, vol. 5, p. 49 (male, 

 female; Santos, Rio de Janeiro, and Bahia, Brazil; biology, larvae in crab 

 holes in mangrove edge; fig. wing, palpus, male). — Barbosa, 1943, Rev. 

 Brasil. Biol., vol. 3, p. 261 (Brazil; fig. wings, palpus, male genitalia). — 

 Forattini and Galvao, 1955, Rev. Brasileira Malariologia, vol. 7, p. 229 (male, 

 female; Brazil, Panama; fig. wing, mesonotum, palpus, antenna, male 

 genitalia) . 





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Figure 57. — Culicoides reticulatus Lutz. a-e, Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; c, palpus; 

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



