C. azerbajdzhanicus (Dzhafarov 1962)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides azerbajdzhanicus Dzhafarov 1962: 211. TL Azerbaijan
(Dzhafarov 1962: 211 (126). ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Dzhafarov 1964: 341. Notes, figs)
(Muradov 1965: 127. Notes)
(Kremer, Hommel & Bailly-Choumara 1971: 665. Distinction from ravus)
(Boorman 1974: 9. Notes)
(Lane 1983: 534. Distinction from ravus.)
(Boorman 1989: 175. Notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1989: 301. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are pale, unmarked; the female has the palps swollen with a deep, rounded sensory pit as in other related species. The female AR is 1.06-1.18; the SD is 3-10. Two or three small cibarial teeth are present. The female also has two spermathecae with a conical ring on the duct; in C. ravus, an Afrotropical species found with azerbajdzhanicus in some localities, the ring on the duct is mushroom-shaped. The male genitalia are as shown; the ventral root of the basistyle foot-shaped, the ninth sternite membrane bare, the parameres with six or seven long teeth. The central part of the aedeagus has a terminal brush, with a sclerotised bar at the base.
The figure of the male genitalia is from Boorman (1989); the wing is not illustrated.