C. accraensis (Carter, Ingram & Macfie 1920)
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Culicoides accraensis Carter, Ingram & Macfie 1920: 241. TL Ghana
(Carter, Ingram & Macfie 1920: 241. ♂, ♀, description, figs, larva, pupa)
(Kremer 1966: 130. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
Khamala & Kettle 1971: 81. Description, figs)
(Boorman & Dipeolu 1979: 12. Notes, figs)
(Glick 1990: 158. Description, figs, biology)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wings are dark greyish with clear pale markings as in the figure, the second radial cell entirely dark. The male genitalia also as shown, typical of the similis group, the ventral roots of the basistyles foot-shaped, the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figure of the wing is from Khamala & Kettle (1971); that of the male genitalia from Boorman & Dipeolu (1979).
