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C. circumscriptus (Kieffer 1918)

circumscriptus wing, largeCulicoides circumscriptus Kieffer 1918: 49. TL Tunisia
(Edwards 1926: 405. Notes)
(Edwards 1939: 36, 135. Notes, figs)
(Macfie 1943: 154. Notes)
(Kettle & Lawson 1952: 440. Early stages, key)
(Clastrier 1957: 415. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Campbell & Pelham-Clinton 1960: 241. ♂, ♀, notes, keys, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 61. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
Nagaty & Morsy 1960: 30. Note, record, Egypt)
(Khalaf 1961: 454. Notes, Iraq)
(Coluzzi & Kremer 1964: 65. Notes, record, Italy)
(Callot, Kremer, Rioux & Juminer 1964: 361. Notes, Tunis)
(Callot, Kremer & Coluzzi 1965: 161. Notes, Italy)
(Smatov 1966: 80. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
(Kremer 1966: 219. ♂, ♀, notes, fig)
(Navai & Mesghali 1968: 242. Record, Iran)
(Remm 1973: 175.  ♀, record, Mongolia)
(Glukhova 1979: 217. Larva)
(Chaker 1981: 39. ♂, ♀, notes, figs. Tunisia)
(Havelka 1982: 65. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Delecolle 1985: 48. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Boorman 1986: 256. Notes)
(Glukhova 1989: 341. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, larva)
    = nadayanus Kieffer
Culicoides nadayanus Kieffer 1918: 95. TL Turkey
    = edwardsi Goetghebuer
Culicoides edwardsi Goetghebuer 1921: 177. TL Belgium
    = algarum Kieffer
Culicoides algarum Kieffer 1924: 18. TL Germany
    = salicola Kieffer
Culicoides salicola Kieffer 1924: 405. TL Norway
    = pictidorsum Kieffer
Culicoides salicola var. pictidorsum Kieffer 1924: 406. TL Norway
    = albonotatus Vimmer
Culicoides albonotatus Vimmer 1932: 133. TL Israel
    = albosignatus Vimmer
Culicoides albosignatus Vimmer 1932: 135. TL Israel
    = polymaculatus Vimmer
Culicoides polymaculatus Vimmer 1932: 135. TL Israel
    = pulcher Zilahi-Sebess
Culicoides pulcher Zilahi-Sebess1934: 155. TL Bulgaria (misspelt pulscher)
(Zilahi-Sebess 1934: 155. ♀, desc, figs)
    = kirovabadicus Dzhafarov
Culicoides kirovabadicus Dzhafarov 1964: 228. TL Azerbaijan
(Chaker, Delecolle & Kremer 1980: 40. Synonymy)

circumscriptus, maleDiagnosis and Notes

The wing markings are very similar to C. salinarius, and also others of the subgenus Beltranmyia, but there is a dark spot just distal to vein R-M and the vein CU2 has a pale border along its whole length. AR 1.37-1.50, SD 3-14; in common with the other of the subgenus there is a single ovoid spermatheca. The third segment of the palp is swollen with a single large sensory pit. Male genitalia with two prominent diverging lateral processes; the aedeagus triangular, and the ninth sternite membrane spiculate.
Kremer & Delecolle (1974) note that the mean number of antennal sensilla varies between 39 in Britain and 23-24 in North Africa and Israel. Chaker et al. (1980) discuss the considerable variation in the extent of the pale wing markings, and conclude that kirovabadicus (where the wing is almost entirely pale with only a single dark spot just distal to the vein R-M) is merely an extreme form. I (JB) have seen examples of both sexes of this from Cyprus and from Morocco. The figures are from Edwards (1939).

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