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British Culicoides

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Culicoides (Monoculicoides) puncticollis (Becker)

Photograph of wing at right: click to enlarge.

Ceratopogon puncticollis Becker 1903: 75. TL Egypt
(Becker 1903: 75. , desc)
(Goetghebuer 1920: 56. , note, figs)
(Edwards 1939: 34, 133. Notes, figs)
(Macfie 1943: 156. Notes)
(Clastrier 1957: 413. , , notes, figs)
(Khalaf 1957: 336. Notes)
(Campbell & Pelham-Clinton 1960: 234. , , desc, keys, figs)
(Nagaty & Morsy 1959: 165. Record, Egypt)
(Gutsevich 1960: 58. , , notes, figs)
(Nagaty & Morsy 1960: 29. Note, Egypt)
(Khalaf 1961: 468. Notes, Iraq)
(Coluzzi & Kremer 1964: 64. Notes, record, Italy)
(Smatov 1966: 79. Notes, record Kazakhstan)
(Kremer 1966: 241. , , notes, figs)
(Navai & Mesghali 1968: 245. Record, Iran)
(Glukhova 1971: 507. Notes)
(Glukhova 1979: 223. Larva)
(Chaker 1981: 50. , , notes, figs. Tunisia)
(Delecolle 1985: 65. , , notes, figs)
(Boorman 1986: 258. Notes)
(Anon 1991: 177; precedence of name)

= algecirensis (Strobl)

Ceratopogon algecirensis Strobl 1900: 170. TL Spain
(Kieffer 1919: 39. , note, fig)
(Szadziewski 1986: 69. Redesc., fig)
(Anon 1991. Name suppressed)
(Glukhova 1989: 368. , , notes, figs, pupa)

= impressus (Kieffer)

Culicoides impressus Kieffer 1918: 47. TL Tunisia

= distigma (Kieffer)

Culicoides distigma Kieffer 1922: 502. TL Algeria

= donatieni (Kieffer)

Culicoides donatieni Kieffer 1922: 504. TL Algeria

= sciniphes (Kieffer)

Culicoides sciniphes Kieffer 1925: 261. TL Egypt

= bipunctatus (Vimmer)

Culicoides bipunctatus Vimmer 1932: 133. TL Israel

= tripunctatus (Vimmer)

Culicoides tripunctatus Vimmer 1932: 136. TL Israel

= wenigi (Vimmer)

Culicoides wenigi Vimmer 1932: 138. TL Israel

= flavitarsis (Vimmer)

Culicoides flavitarsis Vimmer 1932: 137. TL Israel

= griseovittatus (Vimmer)

Culicoides griseovittatus Vimmer 1932: 137. TL Israel

= luteosignatus (Vimmer)

Culicoides luteosignatus Vimmer 1932: 140. TL Israel

= vavrai (Vimmer)

Culicoides vavrai Vimmer 1932: 140. TL Israel

Diagnosis & Notes:

The name algecirensis was elevated to a senior synonym by Szadziewski (1986) who also designated a neotype; however, the name puncticollis was reinstated by a decision of the I.C.Z.N. (Anon, 1991). It is very similar to nubeculosus, but the wing markings tend to be less extensive and paler, and the single spermatheca is banana- or sausage-shaped, not ovoid. The female AR is 0.69-0.95; the SD is 3,8-10. The male genitalia also differ, particularly in the form of the aedeagus. The figures of wing and genitalia are from Edwards (1939); and of the spermatheca from Kremer (1966).

Biology:

Found around livestock, breeding in contaminated mud.

Distribution:

Infrequent in northern Europe, but much commoner in the south, North Africa and around the Mediterranean to the Middle East.

Medical and Veterinary Importance:

A vector of Onchocerca of cattle, and in view of its association with livestock a potential vector of bluetongue virus.

British Culicoides

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