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73. Culicoides hoffmani Fox 



Figure 76 



Culicoides hoffmani Fox, 1946, Ann. Ent. Soe. Amer., vol. 39, p. 251 (female; 

 Cumuto Village, Trinidad; biting man; fig. mesonotum, wing); 1949, Bull. 

 Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol. 44, p. 29 (male, female; Puerto Rico; reared, tree hole; 

 fig. palpus, spermathecae, male aedeagus, parameres). — Wirth and Blanton, 

 1956, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 46, p. 189 (male, female; Trinidad, 

 Puerto Rico, St. Croix; fig. wing, mesonotum, palpus, spermathecae, tibial 

 comb, male genitalia). 



Female: Length of wing 0.76 (0.73-0.86, n=9) mm. 

 Head. — Eyes separated, the line of separation broad above but 

 narrowed below, eye with short interfacetal hairs. Antenna with 





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Figure 76. — Culicoides hoffmani Fox. a-e, Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; c, palpus; 

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



