C. karakumensis (Gutsevich & Molotova 1973)
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Culicoides karakumensis
Gutsevich. & Molotova in Gutsevich 1973: 180. TL Turkmenistan
(Glukhova 1989: 329. ♀, notes, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wing apparently unmarked; the
female AR is 1.15 - 1.29, the SD 3, 11-14. There are two almost spherical
spermathecae; the third segment of the palp slightly swollen with a single
small shallow sensory pit.
The male is unknown; no figure of the wing is available.
