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British Culicoides
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There has been some confusion in the literature regarding the status of this species and that of pumilus; Borkent & Wirth (1997) list them as separate species but Campbell & Pelham-Clinton (1960) and Glukhova (1989) regard them as synonymous. I have chosen to follow the latter course here.
It is a small species with unmarked, rather hairy wings. The male genitalia are unmistakable, particularly the stout simple ventral and dorsal roots of the basistyle, and the parameres a tuft of hairs at the ends. The antennal segments are short, almost spherical; the AR is 1.06-1.50 and the SD 3-10.
The figure of the wing is from Delecolle (1985) and of the male genitalia from Kremer (1966).
Nothing known.
Widely distributed in Europe from Britain through to Russia; north to Estonia and south to Corsica, but nowhere commonly.
Nothing known.
British Culicoides
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