Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) spinosus Root and Hoffman

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 29-30

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scientific name	Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) spinosus Root and Hoffman
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Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) spinosus Root and Hoffman View in CoL

Culicoides spinosus Root and Hoffman, 1937: 172 (Maryland) View in CoL .

Culicoides (Oecacta) spinosus: Khalaf 1954: 38 View in CoL ; Blanton and Wirth 1979: 146 (Florida records); Wilkening et al. 1985: 521 (Florida records).

Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) spinosus: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 15 View in CoL (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) listed this eastern species from 16 Florida counties. We provide the first records from Bay Co.

New records. Bay Co., Panama City, Frankford Avenue , 17 December 2002, J. Cilek, CO 2 baited CDC light trap, 1 female, same data except 18 March -19 November 2002, C. F. Hallmon, 2 females ; Callaway, Plantation Drive , 18 March-19 November 2002, C. F. Hallmon, CO 2 baited CDC light trap, 2 females ( FAMC) .

Species Unplaced to Subgenus

References

Blanton, F. S., and W. W. Wirth. 1979. The sand flies (Culicoides) of Florida (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 10: 1 - 204.

Borkent, A., and W. L. Grogan, Jr. 2009. Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 2273: 1 - 48.

Khalaf, K. T. 1954. The speciation of the genus Culicoides (Diptera, Heleidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 47: 34 - 51.

Root, F. M., and W. A. Hoffman. 1937. The North American species of Culicoides. American Journal of Hygiene 25: 150 - 176.

Wilkening, A. J., D. L. Kline, and W. W. Wirth. 1985. An annotated checklist of the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Florida with a new synonymy. Florida Entomologist 68: 511 - 537.