C. aterinervis (Tokunaga 1937)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides aterinervis Tokunaga 1937: 312. Japan
(Arnaud 1956: 95. Notes, ♀, figs)
(Kitaoka 1973: 218. ♂, desc, figs)
(Kitaoka 1980: 20. ♂, notes)
(Glukhova 1989: 177. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

Arnaud (1956) describes it as a yellowish-brown species , the second radial cell pale and with no dark spot in the cubital cell. Female antennal SD 3, 11-15; AR 0.97-1.20. The third segment of the palp bears a number of small scattered sensory pits. The male genitalia with a number of short bristles on the inner aspect of the basistyle, and the parameres long and tapering and with a small tuft of hairs at their ends. The ninth tergite has a small central notch, the membrane bear.
The figure of the wing is from Glukhova (1989), and of the male genitalia redrawn after Kitaoka (1973).