Culicoides Latreille and Leptoconops Skuse biting midges of the southwestern United States with emphasis on the Canyonlands of southeastern Utah (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Author Phillips, Robert A. 2962 Desert Road Moab, UT 84532 USA text Insecta Mundi 2022 2022-01-28 2022 907 1 214 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.6391684 1942-1354 6391684 CBD29188-143B-44DF-BE21-1654D50D8621 Culicoides novamexicanus Atchley Culicoides ( Oecacta ) novamexicanus Atchley, 1967: 1012 (key; numerical characters; female; male genitalia; fig. female wing, palpus, tibial comb, spermathecae, male genitalia, parameres; New Mexico ). Wirth and Rowley 1971: 161 (numerical characters; key; female, male; fig. female antenna, palpus, eye separation, spermathecae, male genitalia, parameres). Wirth et al. 1985: 26 (numerical characters; fig. female wing). Diagnosis. ( Tables 14 , 15 ) Wing pattern distinct and extensive; r 2 dark; prominent distal pale spots in r 3 , m 1 , m 2 (as in Fig. 144, 223 C . calexicanus ); spermathecae subequal, with sclerotized necks shorter than wide (as in Fig. 275 C . calexicanus ); ventral apodeme of gonocoxite simple; basal portion of gonostylus abruptly bent ~90°, L-shaped (as in Fig. 92 C . palmerae ); aedeagus V-shaped, median process tapering to tip ~0.2 as wide as basal arm spread (as in Fig. 90 C . calexicanus ); parameres separate, apices abruptly bent ventro-laterally with simple sharp tip. Distribution. The only report of this species is of five specimens collected by W. R. Atchley on 14 June 1965 (week 24) from Chavez County on the High Plains of southeastern New Mexico . Adult behavior. The mandibular and lacinial teeth on the female indicate it feeds on vertebrate blood; however, its hosts are unknown. Remarks. No C . novamexicanus were examined. See C . palmerae remarks.