C. gluchovae (Mirzaeva 1974)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides gluchovae Mirzaeva 1974: 27. Russia
(Mirzaeva 1974: 27. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Remm 1981: 29. Synonymy)
(Glukhova 1989: 360. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Mirzaeva 1989: 188. Notes, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

Wing with the usual pale marking, the second radial cell partly pale, and with cell M with the basal two thirds largely pale. Female antennal SD 3-14, AR 1.42-1.59. A single elongate, sac-like spermatheca; the third segment of the palp swollen with a large fairly shallow pit. Male genitalia closely resembling those of related species, the ninth tergite with prominent lateral processes and a deep central notch, the posterior part of the aedeagus broad. The figures are from Glukhova (1989).