C. sumatrae (Macfie 1934)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides sumatrae Macfie 1934: 190 (1934: 215). TL Malaysia
(Wirth & Hubert 1989: 239. Description, figs)
    = amamiensis Tokunaga
Culicoides amamiensis Tokunaga 1937: 325. TL Japan
(Tokunaga 1937: 325. ♀, description, figs)
    = ohmorii Takahashi
Culicoides amamiensis ssp. ohmorii Takahashi 1958: 113. TL Japan
(Takahashi 1958: 113. ♂, ♀, description, fig)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are greyish, with pale spots and the tip of the wing at the ends of R5, M1 and M2 pale; the second radial cell pale. The female AR is 1.95-1.19; the SD is 3, 11-15. The male genitalia with the ninth tergite rounded, without lateral processes; the aedeagus bottle-shaped, the posterior part elongated as in the “neck” of the bottle.
The figures are from Wirth & Hubert (1989).