C. atripennis (Shevcheno 1972)
| Taxonomy | Biology | Distribution |
Culicoides atripennis
Shevchenko 1972: 77. Ukraine
(Glukhova 1989: 284. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wing is unmarked, save for a small
pale spot over the cross-vein, but not reaching the costa. The female AR is
1.9; the SD is 3-15 with two sensilla on each segment except 3. The male
genitalia as shown; the ninth tergite long and narrow, the ninth sternite
membrane bare.
The figures are from Glukhova (1989).
