C. stepicola (Remm 1968)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides stepicola Remm in Remm & Zhogolev 1968: 838. TL Ukraine
(Remm in Remm & Zhogolev 1968: 838. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)
(Glukhova 1989: 281. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, pupa)
(Mirzaeva 1989: 140. Notes, figs)
    = markevitshi Shevchenko
Culicoides markevitshi Shevchenko 1969: 47. Ukraine
(Shevchenko 1969: 47. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Kremer et al 1973: 61. Notes, figs, key)
    = aquilinus Smatov & Kravets
Culicoides aquilinus Smatov & Kravets 1976: 284. Kazakhstan

Diagnosis and Notes

The second radial cell is dark; there is a pale spot just distal to the second radial cell and another over the cross-vein reaching from the costa to vein m1; additionally four vaguer pale spots, one at the base of cell M1, one in cell M below the cross-vein, one below this in the anal cell and another in the cubital cell. The female AR is 1.64-1.68; the SD is 3,5,7,9, 11-14.
The figures are from Glukhova (1989).