C. heliophilus (Edwards 1921)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides heliophilus Edwards 1921: 124. TL Great Britain
(Edwards 1926: 405. Notes)
(Kettle & Lawson 1952: 442. Early stages, key)
(Campbell & P.C. 1960: 246. ♂, ♀, notes, keys, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 113. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 87. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Navai & Mesghali 1968: 243. Record, Iran)
(Delecolle 1985: 124. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1989: 323. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

A small, dark species with whitish unmarked wings; it might well be mistaken for a species of Brachypogon or Ceratopogon but in those genera the claws, particularly of the hind legs, are much longer and sensilla are not present on the terminal segments of the female antenna. The AR of the female is 1.08-1.13; the SD is 3, 11-15. The male genitalia are as shown; the posterior margin of the ninth tergite broad, with a deep central notch, the paramers tapering to a fine point. Delecolle (1985) figures the cibarium with numerous small teeth, a feature not mentioned by other authors. It is not known whether this character is shared by other close relatives.
The figures of the wing and cibarium are from Delecolle (1985) and of the male genitalia from Edwards (1939).