C. flavipunctatus (Kitaoka 1975)
| Taxonomy | Biology | Distribution |
Culicoides flavipunctatus Kitaoka 1975: 199. Japan
Kitaoka 1975: 199. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The thorax is described as brownish, with a pair of “yellowish ellipsoidal markings centrally”; the wings with the usual dark markings but apparently no dark spot in the cubital cell. The female AR is is 1.25-1.37; the SD is 3,11-15. The male genitalia as in the figure, with apparently no lateral processes on the ninth tergite. The figures are from Kitaoka (1975), the male genitalia redrawn.
