C. flavidorsum (Shevchenko & Lisetsky 1969)
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Culicoides flavidorsum
Shevchenko & Lisetsky 1969: 1413. TL Russia
(Shevchenko & Lisetsky 1969: 1413. ♂, ♀, description, figs)
(Gutsevich 1975: 92. Key, differences from matsuzawai)
Glukhova 1989: 149. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wing greyish with distinct pale
markings, very similar to humeralis; the female AR is 0.82-0.89 and the SD is
3, 11-15. The three spermathecae differing from those of humeralis; two small
and one large with a thickened duct below. The male genitalia with the
posterior margin of the ninth tergite deeply cleft; the parameres fused at
their bases.
The figures are from Glukhova (1989).
