C. pumilus (Winnertz 1852)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Ceratopogon pumilus Winnertz 1852: 46. TL Germany
(Winnertz 1852: 46. ♀, desc, fig palp, wing)
(Goetghebuer 1920: 59. Note, 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)
  = minutissimus (Zetterstedt)
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)
    = 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). 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

Borkent & Wirth (1997) list pumilus as a valid name but both Campbell & Pelham-Clinton (1960) and Glukhova (1989) list it as a junior synonym of minutissimus with segnis and reconditus. I prefer this view; see minutissimus for further details.