C. saevus (Kieffer 1922)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides saevus Kieffer 1922: 506. TL Algeria
(Kieffer 1922: 506. ♀, desc)
(Kieffer 1923: 675. ♂, desc, fig)
(Roman & Sicart 1952: 202. Biting man, Tunisia, ♂, figs)
(Gutsevich 1959: 680. Note, fig ♂)
(Gutsevich 1960: 102. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Callot, Kremer, Rioux & Juminer 1964: 359. Notes, figs, Tunis)
(Smatov 1966: 87. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
(Kremer 1966: 77. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Navai & Mesghali 1968: 245. Record, Iran)
(Glukhova 1969: 466. Larva, desc, figs)
(Chaker 1981: 125. ♂, ♀, notes, figs. Tunisia)
(Szadziewski 1986: 61. Redesc., fig)
(Glukhova 1989: 152. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, larva, pupa)
    = drenskii Zilahi-Sebess
Culicoides drenskii Zilahi-Sebess 1934: 154. TL Bulgaria
(Zilahi-Sebess 1934: 154. ♂, ♀, desc)
    = puncticeps Goetghebuer
Culicoides puncticeps Goetghebuer 1934: 91. TL Austria
    = micromaculithorax Khalaf
Culicoides micromaculithorax Khalaf 1957: 340. TL Iraq
(Khalaf 1957: 340. ♂, ♀, desc, fig)   
(Khalaf 1961: 468. Notes)
(Kremer 1966: 79. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Boorman 1974: 615. Note, synonymy)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wing is pale greyish, without markings. The three spermathecae are globular, as shown; the female AR is 0.86-1.04; the SD is 3,7-10. The ninth sternite membrane in the male is bare.
The figure of the male genitalia is from Glukhova (1989), and that of the spermathecae is drawn from a slide from Algeria (JB).