C. gutsevichi (Sen & Das Gupta 1959)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides gutsevichi Sen & Das Gupta. n.n. for orientalis, preoccupied.
(Smatov & Isimbekov 1971: 63. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1989: 332. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
    = orientalis Gutsevich
Culicoides orientalis Gutsevich 1952: 92. TL Russia
    = bisulcatus Gutsevich
Culicoides bisulcatus Gutsevich 1959: 681. n.n. for orientalis
(Gutsevich 1959: 681. note)
(Gutsevich 1960: 107. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 82. ♀, notes, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings greyish, without markings. The female AR 1.0 - 1.17; the SD 3-14. The third segment of the palp with a large, rather shallow sensory pit; two spermathecae with short necks. The male genitalia as shown; the tergite with strongly divergent lateral processes, the parameres short, stout and tapering to a point, the ninth sternite membrane with abundant spicules.
The wing is not illustrated; the figure of the male genitalia from Glukhova (1989).