C. nubeculosus (Meigen 1830)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Ceratopogon nubeculosus Meigen 1830: 263. TL Europe
(Austen 1925: 3. note, record, Dardanelles, biting man)
(Edwards 1926: 406. Notes)
(Edwards 1939: 33, 132. notes, figs)
(Kettle & Lawson 1952: 433, 457. Early stages)
(Megahed 1956: 22. Anatomy of gut)
(Campbell & Pelham-Clinton 1960: 235. ♂, ♀, notes, keys, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 55. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Coluzzi & Kremer 1964: 64. Notes, record, Italy)
(Callot, Kremer & Coluzzi 1965: 162. Notes, Italy)
(Kremer 1966: 238. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1971: 502. Notes)
(Glukhova 1979: 220. Larva)
(Delecolle 1985: 56. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Boorman 1986: 258. Notes)
(Glukhova 1989: 362. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, larva, pupa)
    = puncticollis Goetghebuer
Culicoides puncticollis Goetghebuer 1912: 205. TL Belgium (preocc.)
    = punctaticollis Goetghebuer
Culicoides punctaticollis Goetghebuer 1920: 56. n.n. for puncticollis

Diagnosis and Notes

One of the largest of the British Culicoides. The female may be distinguished from others of the subgenera by the dark markings on a pale ground, the dark second radial cell, the single ovoid spermatheca, and the presence of a yellowish spot in the centre of the scutellum. It is very similar to puncticollis, but in that species the spermatheca is sausage-shaped and the male aedeagus is different. AR 0.86-0.89; SD 3,8-10. The figures of the wing and genitalia are from Edwards (1939); and of the spermatheca from Glukhova (1989).