C. tauricus (Gutsevich 1959)
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| Taxonomy | Biology | Distribution |
Culicoides tauricus
Gutsevich 1959: 677. TL Ukraine
(Gutsevich 1959: 677. ♂, ♀, desc, figs)
(Gutsevich 1960: 104. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 77. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
(Orszagh 1969: 43. Record, note, figs, Czechoslovakia)
(Orszagh1969: 49. Record, notes, figs)
(Glukhova 1989: 158. ♂, ♀, notes, figs)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wing is greyish, without
markings; the male genitalia resembling those of saevus but with the membrane
of the ninth sternite spiculate. The female AR is 0.85-0.97; the SD 3, 7-10
with sensilla occasionally also on 5 and 6.
The figure of the male genitalia is from Glukhova (1989), and that of the
spermathecae from Kremer (1966).
