C. minutissimus (Zetterstedt 1855)
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Ceratopogon minutissimus Zetterstedt 1855: 4860. Sweden
(Zetterstedt 1855: 4860. ♀, desc)
(Edwards 1926: 405. Notes)
(Campbell & P.C. 1960: 226. ♂, ♀, desc, keys, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 102. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Shevchenko 1969: 18. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Orszagh 1971: 85. Record, note, figs, Czechoslovakia)
(Szadziewski 1986: 65. Redesc., fig)
(Glukhova 1989: 208. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
=pumilus (Winnertz)
Ceratopogon pumilus Winnertz 1852: 46. Germany
(Winnertz 1852: 46. ♀, desc, fig palp, wing)
(Goetghebuer 1920: 59. Note, fig)
(Edwards 1939: 44, 142. Notes, fig.)
(Gutsevich 1960: 114. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Callot & Kremer 1961: 683. Note, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 103. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Havelka 1982: 83. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Szadziewski 1984: 359. Syn, ♂, ♀, notes, figs,)
(Delecolle 1985: 117. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
= nanulus Kieffer
Culicoides nanulus Kieffer 1919: 38. Hungary
(Kieffer 1919: 38. ♀, desc)
(Kremer 1966: 105. ♀, notes, fig)
= albihalter Kieffer
Culicoides albihalter Kieffer 1919: 37 (1921: 785 [5162]). Germany
(Kieffer 1919: 37. ♀, desc, fig)
(Kremer 1966: 90. ♀, notes, figs)
= bychowskyi Dzhafarov
Culicoides bychowskyi Dzhafarov 1964: 344. Azerbaijan
= tugaicus Dzhafarov
Culicoides tugaicus Dzhafarov 1960: 1183. Azerbaijan
(Gutsevich & Smatov 1966: 73. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 104. notes)
(Smatov 1966: 88. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
Diagnosis and Notes
There has been some confusion in the literature regarding the status of this species and that of pumilus; Borkent & Wirth (1997) list them as separate species but Campbell & Pelham-Clinton (1960) and Glukhova (1989) regard them as synonymous. I have chosen to follow the latter course here.
It is a small species with unmarked, rather hairy wings. The male genitalia are unmistakable, particularly the stout simple ventral and dorsal roots of the basistyle, and the parameres a tuft of hairs at the ends. The antennal segments are short, almost spherical; the AR is 1.06-1.50 and the SD 3-10.
The figure of the wing is from Delecolle (1985) and of the male genitalia from Kremer (1966).
