Culicoides pallidulus

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 : 173

Culicoides pallidulus Yu.

( Figs. 3, 4, 5 ).

Culicoides pallidulus Yu 1991:52 ; Yu et al. 2005:1244.

Culicoides sp. Cho & Chong 1974:50.

Culicoides obscuratus Ding and Yu, 1990: 54 (preoccupied by Culicoides obscuratus Statz, 1944 ).

Non type material examined. Republic of Korea, Yongsan, Seoul, Korea, 19 Jun 1970, 5th Prev Med Lab (1 female); Kimpo, Kyong Ki Do (Gyeonggi Province), Korea, 8 Jun 1970, 5th Prev Med Lab (1 female); 274 females and 87 males collected from New Jersey traps in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, 37.9560o N, 127.0290o E (148 females, 32 males); Paju, Gyeonggi Province; 37.9217o N, 126.7470o E (72 females, 21 males); Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province; 37.9275o N, 127.0591o E (31 females, 21 males); Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province; 37.9228o N, 127.0531o E (23 females, 13 males) between 27.May.2010 and 20.Oct.2010, and 170 females and 35 males collected from Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, 37.9560o N, 127.0290o E (62 females, 6 males); Paju, Gyeonggi Province; 37.9217o N, 126.7470o E (50 females, 17 males); Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province; 37.9275o N, 127.0591o E (39 females, 7 males); Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province; 37.9228o N, 127.0531o E (19 females, 5 males) between 12.May.2011 and 29.Oct.2011.

Diagnosis. The only species of Culicoides subg. Beltranmyia with hairy eyes in both sexes and with female antennal SCo distribution 1,(2,4,7),9,(10,11),12.

The description provided by Yu et al. (2005) is supplemented with data in Tables 1 –3.

Distribution. This species is known from the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea.

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.