C. semimaculatus (Clastrier 1958)
| Taxonomy | Biology | Distribution |
Culicoides semimaculatus
Clastrier 1958: 55. TL Algeria
(Clastrier 1958: 55. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Kremer 1960: 744. Note)
(Coluzzi & Kremer 1964: 68. Notes, record, Italy)
(Callot, Kremer & Coluzzi 1965: 163. Notes, Italy, as accraensis)
(Orszagh 1971: 85. Record, note, figs, Czechoslovakia)
(Delecolle 1985: 154. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
A smallish species with greyish
wings; there are pale spots over the cross-vein, just beyond the second
radial cell, one in cu and another in the anal cell. The female AR
is1.21-1.30; the SD is 3-10. The male genitalia are very similar to those of ravus.
The figures are from Delecolle (1985).
