C. turanicus (Gutsevich & Smatov 1971)
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Culicoides turanicus Gutsevich
& Smatov in: Smatov & Isimbekov 1971:61.
n.n. for kasachstanicus
(Glukhova 1989: 318. ♂, ♀, notes, figs, early stages)
= kasachstanicus Gutsevich & Smatov
Culicoides kasachstanicus Gutsevich
& Smatov 1966: 70. TL Kazakhstan
(preocc.)
(Smatov 1966: 87. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
Diagnosis and Notes
The wings are unmarked; the female
AR is 1.1-1.24 and the SD is 3-15, occasionally lacking on 4, 6 or 8. The
male genitalia are as shown, the posterior margin of the tergite almost
straight, the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figure is from Glukhova (1989).
