Culicoides imicola

Bellis, Glenn, Dyce, Alan, Gopurenko, David, Yanase, Tohru, Garros, Claire, Labuschagne, Karien & Mitchell, Andrew, 2014, Revision of the Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex Khamala & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian region, Zootaxa 3768 (4), pp. 401-427 : 405

Key to females of Australasian species of the Imicola complex

1. Apical half of cell r2 included in post-stigmatic, apical pale marking in cell m1 reaching or crossing vein M2 subapically then narrowing apically and not touching vein M2 at wing margin ( Fig. 8 )..................................... nudipalpis

- apex of cell r2 with apical 1/5 to ½ included in post stigmatic pale spot, apical pale marking in cell m1 not narrowed apically and either touching or approaching vein M2 at wing margin ( Fig. 4, 6 ).......................................... 2

2. Wing with proximal dark marking on costa of similar length to stigmatic dark spot, apex of cell r2 with apical 1/5 included in post stigmatic pale spot ( Fig. 6 ).................................................................. brevitarsis

- Wing with proximal dark marking on costa distinctly longer than stigmatic dark spot, apex of cell r2 with apical 1/5 to ½ included in post stigmatic pale spot ( Fig. 4 ).......................................................... asiatica

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex species. C. asiatica Bellis sp. n., 1, female eye separation; 4, female wing; 5, male wing. C. brevitarsis Kieffer, 2, female eye separation; 6, female wing; 7, male wing. C. nudipalpis Delfinado 3, female eye separation; 8, female wing; 9, male wing. 10, C. superfulvus Das Gupta cotype female wing. 11 C. radicitus Delfinado neotype male wing.