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British Culicoides
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The wing markings are very similar to C. salinarius, and also others of the subgenus, but there is a dark spot just distal to vein R-M and the vein CU2 has a pale border along its whole length. AR 1.37-1.50, SD 3-14; in common with the other of the subgenus there is a single ovoid spermatheca. The third segment of the palp is swollen with a single large sensory pit. Male genitalia with two prominent diverging lateral processes; the aedeagus triangular, and the ninth sternite membrane spiculate.
Kremer & Delecolle (1974) note that the mean number of antennal sensilla varies between 39 in Britain and 23-24 in North Africa and Israel. Chaker et al. (1980) discuss the considerable variation in the extent of the pale wing markings, and conclude that kirovabadicus (where the wing is almost entirely pale with only a single dark spot just distal to the vein R-M) is merely an extreme form. I (JB) have seen examples of both sexes of this from Cyprus and from Morocco. The figures are from Edwards (1939).
Larvae have been found in mud rich in organic matter, and also in puddles in dune sand in Israel (Braverman et al. 1974). It probably bites birds, and may possibly be autogenous for at least its first egg batch. Dzhafarov (1964) gives extensive notes on larvae and pupae; and also states that females were collected on horses and buffaloes, and sucking the blood of toads.
From Britain and most of Europe to Russia, and from North Africa to Israel.
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British Culicoides
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