C. festivipennis (Kieffer 1914)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides festivipennis Kieffer 1914: 235. TL Germany
(Kieffer 1914: 235. ♀, desc)
(Goetghebuer 1920: 54. ♂, note, fig, as pictipennis (misident)
    = odibilis Austen
Culicoides odibilis Austen 1921: 114. TL Israel
(Austen 1921: 114. ♂, desc)
(Edwards 1939:37, 136. Notes, figs)
(Hill 1947: 102. Biology, rearing)
(Kettle & Lawson 1952: 441, 461. Early stages)
(Khalaf 1957: 344. Notes, Iraq)
(Campbell & Pelham-Clinton 1960: 243. ♂, ♀, notes, keys, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 83. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kitaoka & Morii1964: 167. Bionomics, Japan)
(Coluzzi & Kremer 1964: 65. Notes, record, Italy)
(Callot, Kremer & Coluzzi 1965: 168. Notes, Italy)
(Smatov 1966: 85. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
(Kremer 1966: 136. ♂, ♀, notes, fig)
(Navai & Mesghali 1968: 244. Record, Iran)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)
(Havelka 1976: 221. Notes)
(Glukhova 1979: 205. Larva)
(Delecolle 1985: 160. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Boorman 1986: 261. Notes(
(Glukhova 1989: 247. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, larva, pupa)
    = winnertzi Edwards
Culicoides winnertzi Edwards 1926: 406. TL Germany.  New name for pictipennis, misidentified)

Diagnosis and Notes

Known under the name odibilis in much of the literature. Easily recognised by the dark wing with pale spots which touch the wing margin in cells r5, m1, m2 and cu; the second radial cell dark. The pale spot just distal to the second radial cell extends towards vein M1 and usually joins another extending across M1 and extending slightly towards the wing tip. The mesonotum has a well defined pattern of dark markings. The female AR is 1.44-1.50 and the SD 3-15. It might well be confused with several other closely related species, but may be separated thus: C. duddungstoni lacks the pale spot straddling vein M1 below the second radial cell and lacks the mesonotal markings; C. cataneii lacks sensilla on female antennal segment 10; C. griseidorsum has the second radial cell partly pale and lacks sensilla on female antennal segment 15; in C. maritimus the pale spots at the ends of cells r5 and m1 are narrowly separated from the wing margin and C. clastrieri lacks sensilla on female antennal segments 4-10. In dry specimens the wings often have a marked violet sheen.
The figure of the wing is from Edwards (1939) and of the male genitalia from Kremer (1966).