Culicoides ( Hoffmania ) insignis Lutz, 1913

Culicoides ( Hoffmania) insignis Lutz View in CoL

Culicoides insignis Lutz, 1913: 51 ( Brazil) View in CoL .

Culicoides ( Hoffmania) insignis: Fox 1948: 25 View in CoL (in new subgenus Hoffmania View in CoL ); Wirth and Blanton 1974: 31 (in West Indian Culicoides View in CoL ; figs.); Blanton and Wirth 1979: 106 (in review of C ulicoides of Florida); Wirth et al. 1988: 16 (in Neotropical Wing Atlas); Borkent and Spinelli 2000: 30 (in New World catalog south of the USA); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 68 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution).

Culicoides inamollae Fox and Hoffman, 1944: 110 View in CoL ( Puerto Rico).

Culicoides painter Fox, 1946: 257 ( Honduras) .

Discussion. This primarily Neotropical species occurs in the southeastern USA in Alabama, Georgia and Florida ( Borkent and Grogan 2009), and in Mexico south through Central America to central Argentina, and in the Caribbean region ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). Culicoides insignis is one of three possible vectors of bluetongue in the Neotropical Region ( Sáenz and Greiner 1994; Borkent 2005). We provide the first record of this wide-ranging species from Guadeloupe.

New records. Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Bois Malher, 9-IX-2010, MC Thomas & RH Turnbow, Blacklight trap, 2 males, 3 females ; same data except Pigeon, 9-IX-2010, 4 males, 2 females ; NE Pigeon ( 16.14404° N, 61.74977° W), 23-V-2012, R. H. Turnbow, BL trap, 2 females. New Guadeloupe record GoogleMaps .

Species Unplaced to Subgenus