C. tainanus (Kieffer 1916)


Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides tainanus Kieffer 1916: 114. TL Taiwan
    = maculatus (Shiraki)
Ceratopogon maculatus Shiraki 1913: 294 (preoccupied)
(Wirth & Hubert 1989: 278. Description, figs)
    = kii Tokunaga
Culicoides kii Tokunaga 1937: 284. TL Japan
(Tokunaga 1937: 284. ♂, desc, figs)
    = sigaensis Tokunaga
Culicoides sigaensis Tokunaga 1937: 322. TL Japan
(Tokunaga 1937: 322. ♀, desc, figs)
(Kono & Takahashi 1940: 77. Record only)
(Arnaud 1956: 127. Description, figs)
    = kyotoensis Tokunaga
Culicoides kyotoensis Tokunaga 1937: 329. TL Japan
(Tokunaga 1937: 329. ♀, desc, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are pale with darker markings as in other Avaritia species; the second radial cell pale. The female AR is 1.07-1.14; the SD is 3, 11-15. The male genitalia as shown; the ninth tergite with a deep central cleft and the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figures (as sigaensis) are from Arnaud (1956).

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