C. shahgudiani (Navai 1973)
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Culicoides shahgudiani
Navai 1973: 201. TL Iran
(Navai 1973: 201. ♂, ♀, description, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wings are without markings;
Navai (1973) puts it in the segnis
group, but the male genitalia make this unlikely. The female
AR is 1.03-1.47; the SD is 3, 5, 7, 9, 11-15. There are two spermathecae; the
third segment of the palp is swollen, with a single broad and shallow sensory
pit. The male genitalia are as shown,
resembling those of the subgenus Silvaticulicoides; the ninth sternite
membrane spiculate.
The figure of the male genitalia is redrawn from Navai (1973); no figure of
the wing is available.
