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but these species have one spermatheca, two pale distal spots in the 

 anal cell, and the five distal antennal segments much elongated and 

 bearing sensoria. 



77. Culicoides mirsae Ortiz 



Figure 80 



Culicoides mirsae Ortiz, 1953, Rev. Sanid. Asist. Soc, vol. 18, p. 801 (female; 

 Venezuela; fig. wing). 



Female: Length of wing 0.78 (0.76-0.82, n=3) mm. 



Head. — Eyes narrowly separated, with long interfacetal hairs. 

 Antenna with flagellar segments in proportion of 17:15:16:17:16:14: 

 15:15:15:15:17:16:25, antennal ratio 0.70; distal sensory tufts present 

 on segments iii, viii-x. Palpal segments in proportion of 7:17:21 : 7:8, 

 third segment moderately swollen, 2.1 times as long as greatest 

 breadth, with a broad, deep sensory pit. Mandible with 16 teeth. 



Thorax. — Mesonotum uniformly dark brown without prominent 

 pattern. Scutellum, postscutellum and pleuron dark brown. Legs 

 dark brown; fore and mid femora with subapical, all tibia with sub- 

 basal and hind tibia with (3 specimens) or without (2 specimens), 

 narrow distal pale rings; hind tibial comb with four spines, the one 

 next to the spur longest. 



Wing. — Pattern as figured, the pale spot at r-m crossvein very small 

 and round and lying entirely distad of the crossvein in cell Rg; the two 



Figure 80. — Culicoides mirsae Ortiz, female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; c, tibial comb; 



d, spermathecae; e, palpus. 



