Culicoides nasuensis Kitaoka.

Bellis, Glenn, Kim, Heung-Chul, Kim, Myung-Soon, Klein, Terry A., Lee, Dong-Kyu & Gopurenko, David, 2013, Three species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) newly recorded from the Republic of Korea, Zootaxa 3718 (2), pp. 171-182 : 172-173

Culicoides nasuensis Kitaoka.

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Culicoides nasuensis Kitaoka 1984:303 ; Wada 1990:59.

Non-type material examined: Republic of Korea, Seoul, Yongsan, 37.5287o N, 126.9863o E, collected on the following dates 9.Jun.2010 (1 female); 11.Jun.2010 (1 female); 23.Jun.2010 (1 male); 25.Jun.2010 (1 female); 13.Jul.2010 (1 female); 14.Jul.2010 (1 male); 20.Aug.2010 (1 female), 13.Jun.2011 (1 male), 20.Jun.2011 (1 female, 2 males). Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, 37.9560o N, 127.0290o E, collected on the following dates: 12.Jul.2011 (1 male, 1 female), 31.Aug.2011 (1 female).

Diagnosis. The only species in the Verbosus group with a female palpal ratio less than 2.0 and SCo distribution of 1–5, (6),7, 9–13.

The description provided by Wada (1990) is supplemented with data in Tables 1 –3.

Distribution. This species is known from Japan and the Republic of Korea.

species gender Wing length (mm) Wing length:width Palpal Ratio Proboscis:Head

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Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1, 2. C. nasuensis Kitaoka: 1. Female wing. 2. Male wing. 3, 4, 5. C. pallidulus Yu: 3. Female wing. 4. Male wing. 5. Male antenna. 6. C. jacobsoni Macfie, female wing.