C. kibunensis (Tokunaga 1937)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga 1937: 298. TL Japan
(Tokunaga 1937: 298. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
    = cubitalis Edwards
Culicoides cubitalis Edwards 1939: 40. TL Great Britain
(Hill 1947: 102. Biology, rearing)
(Kettle & Lawson 1952: 438. Early stages, key)
(Campbell & P.C. 1960: 244. ♂, ♀, notes, keys, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 97. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Callot, Kremer & Coluzzi 1965: 168. Notes, Italy)
(Kremer 1966: 169. ♂, ♀, notes, fig)
(Albu & Damian-Georgescu 1968: 337. ♀, figs, Rumania)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)
(Havelka 1982: 69. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Delecolle 1985: 176. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1989: 273. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, pupa)
    = ponkikiri Kono & Takahashi
Culicoides ponkikiri Kono & Takahashi 1940: 74. TL Japan
(Kono & Takahashi 1940: 74. ♀, desc, figs)
    = sitinohensis Okada
Culicoides sitinohensis Okada 1941: 18. TL Japan

Diagnosis and Notes

A very variable species. Typically, the wings are greyish with a well-marked pale spot just beyond the second radial cell; another over the cross-vein from the costa to the base of cell m2, and another in the cubital cell. There may additionally be a streak along cell m2 towards the wing margin, and vague traces of spots at the margin in m1 and m2. The female AR is 1.43-1.76 (much higher than in jurensis), the SD 3-15. The male genitalia have the posterior margin of the  ninth tergite with a deep central notch; the lateral arms of the aedeagus horse-shoe shaped, and the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figures are from Delecolle (1985).