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 ( Oecacta ) furens (Poey) Oecacta furens Poey, 1853: 238 (female; Cuba ). Culicoides furens : Lutz, 1912: 16 (combination). Culicoides ( Oecacta ) furens : Khalaf, 1954: 37 . Ceratopogon maculithorax Williston, 1896: 277 ( St. Vincent ). Culicoides dovei Hall, 1932: 88 ( Georgia , USA ). Culicoides ( Oecacta ) birabeni Cavalieri, 1966: 59 ( Venezuela ) . Discussion. This pestiferous human-biting coastal species ranges from Massachusetts south to Florida and Texas in the USA , Mexico south to Ecuador , Brazil and the Caribbean region ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007 ). It was previously known in Mexico from Campeche , Guerrero , Oaxaca , Sinaloa , Sonora , Tabasco , Tamaulipas , Veracruz and Yucatán ( Hoffman 1925 , Root and Hoffman 1937 , Wirth and Blanton 1974 ). We provide the first records from Baja California , Hidalgo , Nayarit and additional records from Guerrero , Sinaloa , Tabasco , Veracruz , and Yucatán . New records. Baja California , Isla Smith , 14-15 May 1997 , Malaise trap , 15 males , 10 females . Guerrero , Coyuca de Catalán , Río Balsas , S . Ibáñez-Bernal, 2 November 1984 , 5 females . Hidalgo , Tlanchinol, Carretera Tlanchinol-Apantlazol Km 4, 11 March 1997 , S. B. Salceda , J. Blackaller & G. A. Pérez , Malaise trap , 2 females . Nayarit , Matanchen, 9 February 1959 , 15 females . Sinaloa , Topolobampo, July 1943 , M. Macías , 15 females ; Campo Pesquero “Arenitas”, 30 May 1984 , M. Salinas , 10 females ; Teacapán , 20 May 1984 , M. Salinas , 10 females . Tabasco , Ceibas , 17 June 1958 , N. A. Díaz , 15 females . Veracruz , Actopan , Arroyo Agrío , 27 June 2006 , Entomological brigade JS IV , CDC trap, 4 females ; Vega de Alatorre , Emilio Carranza , 8 September 2009 , Entomological brigade JS IV , CDC trap, 1 female . Yucatán , Celestún , near Ecoparaíso , 4 September 1995 , H. Huerta , net, 4 females ; same data except 15 January 1998 , Mariposa trap , S. Ibáñez-Bernal , S. P. Manrique & H. Huerta , 2 females ; same data except 23-26 January 1999 , H. Huerta & R . C. Pérez , Malaise trap , 1 male , 2 females ; same data except 4 July 1997 , light trap , 1 female ; same data except 3 July 1997 , H. Huerta , R . R . Paz & S. P. Manrique , 10 females , 3 males ; Reserva Ría Lagartos , 9 July 1997 , Malaise trap , 1 female ; same data except 7 December 1995 , 2 females ; same data except 8 July 1997 , S. P. Manrique , R . R . Paz & H. Huerta , light trap , 1 female ; same data except 4 April 1997 , S. P. Manrique , R . R . Paz & H. Huerta , Malaise trap , 1 male ; same data except 14 January 1997 , 1 female ; same data except 21 January 1997 , 4 females ; same data except 3 April 1997 , 1 female , 3 males ; same data except 10 April 1997 , light trap , 8 females ; same data except 7 March 1997 , S. Ibáñez-Bernal , M. C. L. Miranda , S. P. Manrique & H. Huerta , 1 female ; same data except 4 July 1997 , Malaise trap , H. Huerta , S. P. Manrique & R . R . Paz , 1 male ; same data except 2 April 1997 , S. Ibáñez- Bernal , M. C. L. Miranda & H. Huerta , 1 female ; same data except 3 July 1997 , H. Huerta , S. P. Manrique & R . R . Paz , 1 female ; same data except 21 January 1997 , A. A. Godinez , man biting, 5 females ; same data except 11 April 1997 , R . R . Paz, S. P . Manrique & H. Huerta , 2 females ; same data except 8 April 1997 , S. Ibáñez-Bernal , M. C. L. Miranda , S. P. Manrique & H. Huerta , Malaise trap , 1 female ; same data except 9 Abr 1997 , Mariposa trap , 1 female ; same data except 3 July 1997 , R . R . Paz , light trap , 1 female . Species Unplaced to Subgenus