C. stigma (Meigen 1818)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Ceratopogon stigma Meigen 1818: 73. TL Europe
(Edwards 1926: 404. Notes)
(Edwards 1939: 32, 131. Notes, figs)
(Kettle & Lawson 1952: 435. Early stages, key)
(Campbell & Pelham-Clinton 1960: 233. ♂, ♀, desc, keys, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 59. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Smatov 1966: 80. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
(Kremer 1966: 235. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Albu & Damian-Georgescu 1968: 335. ♀, note, figs, Rumania)
(Havelka 1976: 224. Notes)
(Glukhova 1979: 223. Larva)
(Delecolle 1985: 70. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Boorman 1986: 259. Notes)
(Glukhova 1989: 373. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
    = kiefferi Goetghebuer
Culicoides kiefferi Goetghebuer 1910: 96. TL Belgium
    = cordiformitarsis Carter
Culicoides cordiformitarsis Carter 1916: 134. TL Egypt
    = unimaculatus Goetghebuer
Culicoides unimaculatus Goetghebuer 1920: 57. n.n. for kieffer
    = stigmoides Callot, Kremer & Deduit
Culicoides stigmoides Callot, Kremer & Deduit 1962: 166. TL France

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are whitish, without markings, with the second radial cell black as in C. parroti; but the mesonotum is uniformly dark, without black dots, and the halteres are pale. The posterior margin of the ninth tergite of the male is strongly lobed, with a deep central notch, and the ninth sternite membrane is spiculate. The female AR is 0.94-1.08; the SD is 3,8-10. There is a single spermatheca, with a short diverticulum. The figures of the wing and genitalia are from Edwards (1939); and that of the spermatheca from Kremer (1966) (as stigmoides).