C. sibiricus (Mirzaeva 1964)
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| Taxonomy | Biology | Distribution |
Culicoides sibiricus
Mirzaeva 1964: 218. Russia
(Glukhova 1989: 351. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Mirzaeva 1989: 182. Notes, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wing markings are variable, ranging from two pale spots only, one just touching the second radial cell and one over the cross-vein, to en additional four; one just below the second radial cell, in M1; one in CU; one im M, just below the cross-vein and one in AN just below the cubital fork. The third segment of the palp swollen, with a very large shallow sensory pit, and a single ovoid spermatheca. The antennal SD is3-15; AR 1.56-1.85. Male genitalia as with others of the subgenus; the posterior margin of the ninth tergite convex with a deep central notch, and the membrane spiculate. The figures are from Glukhova (1989).
