C. poperinghensis (Goetghebuer 1953)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides poperinghensis Goetghebuer 1953: 127. TL Belgium
(Goetghebuer 1953: 127. ♂, desc, fig)
(Campbell & Pelham-Clinton 1960: 257. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 214. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Delecolle 1985: 187. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1989: 255. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are rather vaguely marked; the second radial cell partly pale and very vague pale spots at the ends of cells R5, M1, and M2 which are more easily seen under dark field illumination. The female AR is 1.12-1.20; the SD is 3, 11-15. The male genitalia with the ninth tergite margin wide, without a central notch, the ninth sternite membrane bare.
This species probably does not belong in the pictipennis group, but is placed here because at first sight a fresh specimen can easily be mistaken for a poorly marked pictipennis. The SD will immediately separate the two. Additionally, the sensilla coeloconica of the antennae have only two or three small bristles at their base, making then difficult to see; and the third segment of the female palp has a small, shallow sensory pit or two or three very small shallow pits. The figures are from Campbell & Pelham-Clinton (1960).