C. mongolensis (Yao 1964)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides mongolensis Yao 1964: 287. TL China
(Remm 1973: 174. ♂, ♀, record, Mongolia)
(Remm 1981: 29. Synon)
(Glukhova 1989: 253. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
    = transcaspius Molotova
Culicoides transcaspius Molotova 1966: 654. Turkmenistan
(Molotova 1966:654. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are greyish with rather vague pale spots somewhat reminiscent of those in kurensis, from just beyond the second radial cell across the wing to the cubital and anal cells. The female AR is 1.0-1.18; the SD is 3,5,7,9 and 13-15, occasionally also on 4 and 11. The male genitalia as shown, the ninth tergite long with strongly divergent lateral processes, the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figures are from Glukhova (1989).