C. clastrieri (Callot, Kremer & Deduit 1962)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides clastrieri Callot, Kremer & Deduit 1962: 156. TL France
(Callot, Kremer & Deduit 1962: 156. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 149. ♂, ♀, notes, fig)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)
(Delecolle 1985: 165. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1989: 249. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Boorman & Rawlings 2000: 85. Record, U.K.)

Diagnosis and Notes

A medium-sized species which could easily be mistaken for festivipennis, but differs from that species as follows. The pale spot in cell r5 is comet-shaped, the “tail” extending along the costa towards the second radial cell; the mesonotum pale brown without dark markings (sometimes two faint rounded brown spots in front of the scutellum); and, most importantly, the female antennae with sensilla on 3,11-15 only. The female AR is 1.39-1.53; the SD is 3, 11-15.The male genitalia are almost identical to those of festivipennis.
The figures are from Kremer (1966).