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British Culicoides
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A very variable species. Typically, the wings are greyish with a well-marked pale spots just beyond the second radial cell; another over the cross-vein from the costa to the base of cell m2, and another in the cubital cell. There may additionally be a streak along cell m2 towards the wing margin, and vague traces of spots at the margin in m1 and m2. The female AR is 1.43-1.76 (much higher than in jurensis), the SD 3-15. The male genitalia have the posterior margin of the ninth tergite with a deep central notch; the lateral arms of the aedeagus horse-shoe shaped, and the ninth sternite membrane bare.
The figures are from Delecolle (1985).
A common species in woodland; the larvae found in mud with decaying vegetation. It is most probably a bird-biter. Hill (1947) gives details of its biology and breeding habits.
Widely distributed throughout Europe from Portugal to Greece, Russia and Japan, and northwards to Scandinavia.
Nothing known.
British Culicoides
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