C. desertorum (Gutsevich 1936)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides desertorum Gutsevich 1959: 675. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
(Gutsevich 1959: 675. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 63. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 227. ♂, ♀, notes, fig)
(Smatov 1966: 81. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
(Remm 1981: 29. Synonymy)
(Glukhova 1989: 344. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, larva)
(Boorman 1989: 181. Notes)
    = pictus Khalaf
Culicoides pictus Khalaf 1961: 455. Iraq
(Khalaf 1961: 455. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
    = brevifrontis Smatov & Isimbekov
Culicoides brevifrontis Smatov & Isimbekov 1971: 62. Kazakhstan
(Smatov & Isimbekov 1971: 62. ♀, desc, figs)
(Delecolle et al 1997: 347. ♀, notes, figs, record Spain)
    = oxianus Smatov
Culicoides oxianus Smatov in Smatov & Kravets 1976: 262. Kazakhstan

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are rather vaguely marked, but with the pale areas disposed as others of the subgenus; the second radial cell almost entirely pale. Antennal SD 3,7,9,11-14; occasionally also on 5; AR 1.05-1.28. There is a single spermatheca; the third segment of the palp swollen, with a single large shallow sensory pit. The male genitalia resembling others of the subgenus, the ninth sternite membrane spiculate. The figures of the wing and genitalia are from Glukhova 1989.