Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer

Sarvašová, Adela, Kočišová, Alica, Halán, Miloš, Delécolle, Jean-Claude & Mathieu, Bruno, 2014, Morphological and molecular analysis of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Slovakia with five new records, Zootaxa 3872 (5), pp. 541-560 : 547-548

Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer

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Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer 1918: 46

Szadziewski 1984: 166 (female re-described and illustrated, neotype, = C. saevanicus sensu Kremer et al. 1973 ) Kremer et al. 1973: 61 (female wing illustrated, key)

Mathieu et al. 2012 (included in key, female illustrated).

Non type material examined. Slovakia, Bysta, 48°31′N, 21°33′E, 6.Jul.2012 (1 male); Michalany, 48°30′N, 21°37′E, 25.May.2011 (76 females), 17.Jun.2012 (3 females, 1 male), 22.Jun.2013 (1 female); Rozhanovce, 48°45′N, 21°21′E, 23.Jun.2011 (1 female), 8.May.2013 (2 females); Velaty, 48°31′N, 21°39′E, 5.Aug.2012 (1 female, 1 male). France, Fleury d’Aude, 43°14’N, 3°11’E, 26.Jun.2001 (2 females); St Laurent d’Aigouze, 43°37’N, 4°12’E, 15.May.2001 (1 male, 1 female); Corsica, San Giuliano, 42°17’N, 9°32’E, 27.Apr.2010 (1 female), 19.May.2004 (1 female); Porto-Vecchio, 41°35’N, 9°15’E, 20.Jun.2002 (10 females), 11.May.2004 (3 females), 3.Jun.2005 (3 females); Figari, 41°30’N, 9°05’E, 26.May.2009 (3 males, 2 females), 20.Aug.2002 (3 females).

Diagnosis. Female: The only species of Culicoides with the following combination of characters: wing with about apical 1/3 of second radial cell included in a pale spot; SCo distribution 1–12, irregular sensory pit on the third palpal segment. Male: the only species of Culicoides with the following combination of characters: wing with about apical 1/3 of second radial cell included in a pale spot; ninth sternite with spiculate membrane and SCo distribution 1–12.

Distribution. United Kingdom, France (including Corsica), Italia, Spain, Poland and Slovakia.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1. Culicoides picturatus Kremer & Deduit, female wing. 2, 3. C. clastrieri Callot, Kremer & Deduit: 2. Female wing. 3. Thorax. 4. C. festivipennis Kieffer, thorax. 5, 6 a. C. gejgelensis Dzhafarov: 5. Female wing. 6 a. Spermathecae. 6 b. Culicoides cataneii Clastrier, spermathecae. 7. C. griseidorsum Kieffer, female wing. 8. C. odiatus Austen, female wing.