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British Culicoides

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Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) Culicoides picturatus (Kremer & Deduit)

Photograph of wing at right: click to enlarge.

Culicoides picturatus Kremer & Deduit 1961: 701. TL France
(Kremer & Deduit 1961: 701. , , desc, figs)
(Kremer 1966: 166. , , notes, fig)
(Boorman 1986: 262. Notes)

Diagnosis & Notes:

Although the wing markings suggest an affinity with the pictipennis - simulator group of species, the SD and the structure of the male genitalia leave little doubt that it belongs in this subgenus. The female AR is 1.05-1.16; the SD is 3,11-15.

The figures are from Kremer (1966).

Biology:

Bred from marshy non-saline habitats; little else known.

Distribution:

U.K., France to Russia.

Medical and Veterinary Importance:

Nothing known.

British Culicoides

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