C. tbilisicus (Dzhafarov 1964)
| Taxonomy | Biology | Distribution |
Culicoides tbilisicus
Dzhafarov 1964: 309. TL Azerbaijan
(Glukhova 1989: 304. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, pupa)
=dendriticus Boorman
Culicoides dendriticus Boorman
1976: 102. TL Great Britain
(Boorman 1976: 102. ♂, desc, figs)
(Delecolle 1995: 37. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, record France)
(Szadziewski & Knoz 2002: 250. Synonymy)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wings are unmarked with
abundant macrotrichia; The female AR is 1.18; the SD is 3, 11-15. The male
genitalia very distinctive, especially the form of the parameres and the
aedeagus; the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figures are from Delecolle (1995).
