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Culicoides pseudocordiger Wirth and Hubert 1989

Description

C. pseudocordiger Wirth and Hubert 1989:447

Material examined. Thailand, Trang, Hat Chao Mai beach, 7.340904°N 99.37272°E, sweep net at dusk, 1.Oct.2012 (1 female), Pak Maeng beach, 7.505816°N, 99.313546°E, sweep net at dusk, 10. Nov.2012 (1 female), 23 Mar.2013 1 female; Phuket, 24.Apr.2009, LT (1 female); Nai Yang Beach, 8.08686°N, 98.294819°E, sweep net 8.59PM, 22.Nov.2008 (1 female).

Diagnosis. Female: The only species of Culicoides with chordate 4th tarsal segment, lacking a palpal pit and with SCo distribution of 1,(2–5),6–12.

Distribution. Brunei, Malaysia, Sarawak, Thailand (new record).

Notes

Published as part of Thepparat, Arunrat, Bellis, Glenn, Ketavan, Chitapa, Ruangsittichai, Jiraporn, Sumruayphol, Suchada & Apiwathnasorn, Chamnarn, 2015, Ten species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) newly recorded from Thailand in Zootaxa 4033 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/240099

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References

  • Wirth, W. W. & Hubert, A. A. (1989) The Culicoides of Southeast Asia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 44, 1 - 508.