C. pallidus (Khalaf 1957)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides pallidus Khalaf 1957: 338. Iraq
(Khalaf 1957: 338. ♂, ♀, desc, fig)
(Khalaf 1961: 454. Notes)
(Kremer 1966: 109. ♂ notes, fig)
(Glukhova 1989: 210. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
    = stackelbergi Dzhafarov
Culicoides stackelbergi Dzhafarov 1962: 210. Azerbaijan
(Dzhafarov 1962: 210 (122). ♂, ♀, desc, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are described as pale, unmarked, with a yellowish tinge. The female AR is 0.96-1.08; the SD is 3-10. The female palp third segment is swollen with a large, deep sensory pit. The male genitalia has a narrow, elongate ninth tergite, the ninth sternite membrane is bare; the parameres long, simple, bent over the distal third and tapering to a fine point with a few fine hairs. The ventral root of the basistyle is foot-shaped.
The figure of the male genitalia is from Glukhova (1989); the figure of the wing (as stackelbergi) is from Dzhafarov (1962).