C. similis (Carter, Ingram & Macfie 1920)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides similis Carter, Ingram & Macfie 1920: 255. Ghana
(Nagaty & Morsy 1960: 477. Notes, figs, Egypt)
(Kremer 1966: 133, 134. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, probably sahariensis)
(Khamala & Kettle 1971: 78. Notes, figs)
(Glick 1990: 173. Descriptions, ♂, ♀, figs, notes)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are greyish, with pale spots and with the radial cells very dark. It closely resembles sahariensis, but the pale area below the radial cells is less extensive and there is a separate rounded pale spot just below this but above the vein m1. The female AR is 1.14-1.49; the SD is 3, 5, and 7-10. The male genitalia are almost identical to those of sahariensis.
The figure of the wing is from Khamala and Kettle (1971) and of the male genitalia from Boorman (1989).