C. arboreus (Gutsevich 1952)
| Taxonomy | Biology | Distribution |
Culicoides arboreus
Gutsevich 1952: 90. TL Russia
(Gutsevich 1960: 99. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 164. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)
(Glukhova 1989: 268. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, larva, pupa)
(Mirzaeva 1989: 143. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wings have the second radial
cell dark and very vague pale spots at the wing margin in cells m1, m2, cu
and an. The female AR is 1.0-1.16; the SD is 3-14. The male genitalia are as
shown; the shape of the posterior margin of the ninth tergite and the long,
recurved parameres is distinctive.
The figures are from Glukhova (1989).
