New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Author Huerta Author Rodríguez, Ana M. Author William L. Grogan, Jr. Author Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio text Insecta Mundi 2012 2012-02-29 2012 211 1 20 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5174160 1942-1354 5174160 Culicoides arubae Fox and Hoffman Culicoides arubae Fox and Hoffman, 1944: 109 ( Aruba ) ; Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 75 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution). Discussion. This primarily Neotropical species occurs in the USA in Texas , and Mexico south to Colombia and Venezuela , and, in the Caribbean on Aruba and Grenada ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007 ). It was previously known in Mexico from Campeche , Guerrero and Tamaulipas ( Wirth et al. 1988 ); we provide the first records from Veracruz and Yucatán , and additional records from Tamaulipas . New records. Tamaulipas , Tampico , Laguna del Carpintero , November 1945 , M. Macías , 17 females , 2 males . Veracruz , Alto Lucero , Arroyo Agrío , 5 September 2008 , Entomological brigade JS IV , Malaise trap , 1 male . Yucatán , Reserva Ría Lagartos, Malaise trap , 30 August 1995 , Malaise trap , 1 female ; same data except 8 July 1997 , H. Huerta , S. P. Manrique & R . R Paz , light trap , 1 male ; Tizimin , 31 August 1995 , H. Huerta , S. P. Manrique & R . R Paz , Malaise trap , 15 females , 15 males ; same data except near Zac Bo , 2 April 1997 , S. Ibáñez-Bernal , M. C. L. Miranda , H. Huerta & S. P. Manrique , Malaise trap , 1 male .