C. kasimi (Khalaf 1961)
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Culicoides kasimi
Khalaf 1961: 464. TL Iraq
(Khalaf 1961: 464. ♂, ♀, description, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wings are described as
unspotted; there are two small, poorly sclerotised spermathecae and the third
segment of the palp is fairly slender with a wide, shallow sensory pit. No
details of the antennae were given. The male genitalia as shown; the parameres
stout with the ends recurved.
The figure of the male genitalia is from Khalaf (1961).
