C. kingi (Austen 1912)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides kingi Austen 1912: 104. TL Sudan
(Macfie 1943: 155. Notes, Egyt
(Chaker 1981: 110. ♂, ♀, notes, figs. Tunisia)
(Cornet & Brunhes 1994: 157. Notes, figs)
    = nilotes Kieffer
Culicoides nilotes Kieffer 1925: 257. Egypt
(Kieffer 1925: 257. ♂, ♀, desc, fig male)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are greyish, with prominent pale spots as in the figure; the radial cells very dark. The female AR is 0.96-1.08; the SD 3, 8-10. The male genitalia with a broad posterior margin to the ninth tergite; the parameres long and tapering, bent over at the distal third, and the ninth sternite membrane spiculate. See also the diagrams of the wings of the Palaearctic species of this group below (page 3) and the notes on distinguishing features (page 2).
The figures are by Delecolle, from Chaker (1981)