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Nomenclator Detail Record
 
 
 
Name: Avaritia Fox, 1955: 218
Type: Ceratopogon obsoletus Meigen (OD)
Status: (Available, Valid) Current Valid Name
Notes: Proposed as a subgenus Edwards & Tobias (1966: 30) has this as Avarita and attributed to Kettle & Lawson
Valid Name: Culicoides (Avaritia)
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Category: Subgenus
Range:
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Citation: Fox, I. 1955. A catalogue of the bloodsucking midges of the Americas (Culicoides, Leptoconops, and Lasiohelea) with keys to the subgenera and Nearctic species, a geographic index, and bibliography. J. Agric. Univ. P. Rico 39: 24 4-285.
Verification Code: 170
Authority: Borkent, A. & Grogan, W.L., Jr.
Revision Date: 04/02/2026
Kind of Name: Genus
Record #: 1489
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