C. shaklawensis (Khalaf 1957)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides shaklawensis Khalaf 1957: 345. Iraq
(Khalaf 1957: 345. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Khalaf 1961: 468. Notes)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)
Delecolle 1996: . ♂, notes, figs, record France)
(Boorman 1988: 158. Record, Rhodes
    = caspius Gutsevich
Culicoides caspius Gutsevich 1959: 676. Russia
(Gutsevich 1959: 676. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 84. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 153. ♂, ♀, notes, fig)
(Orszagh 1973: 895. Record, note, figs, synonymy, Czechoslovakia)

Diagnosis and Notes

The dark wing markings on a pale ground could easily lead to this species being mistaken for impunctatus or fagineus, but the dark second radial cell immediately separates it from these. The female AR is 0.95-1.07 and the SD is 3, 11-15. The male genitalia are as shown; the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figures are from Glukhova (1989).