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79. Culicoides ginesi Ortiz 



Figure 82 



Culicoides ginesi Ortiz, 1952, Rev. Sanid. Asist. Soc, vol. 16, p. 586 (female; 

 San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela; fig. wing, palpus, antenna, spermatheca) . 



Female: Length of wing 0.80 (0.73-0.89, n = 10) mm. 



Head. — Eyes nearly contiguous, without interfacetal hairs. An- 

 tenna with flagellar segments in proportion of 16:14:14:14:14:13:13: 

 13:14:14:14:14:26, antennal ratio 0.74; distal sensory tufts present 

 on segments iii, vii-x. Palpal segments in proportion of 7:15:22: 

 7:10, third segment moderately swollen, 2.0 (1.6-2.3, n=10) times as 

 long as greatest breadth, with a small, deep sensory pit. Mandible 

 with 17 (16-19, n=7) teeth. 



Figure 82. — Culicoides ginesi Ortiz, a-e, Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; c, tibial comb; 

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



