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British Culicoides
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A blackish species with pale wings, often not easily separable from brunnicans. The wings are without markings; the AR is 1.1-1.4 and the SD is 3,5,7,9,11-15. Campbell & Pelham-Clinton state that the female may be separated from brunnicans by having antennal segments completely dark (in brunnicans segment 9 is dark only at the tip and 10 dark only half-way along. The male genitalia have the ventral root foot-shaped, and the parameres tapering to a point but without the sharp bends seen in brunnicans.
The figure of the wing is from Delecolle (1985) and of the male genitalia from Edwards (1939),
Its biology was described by Jobling (1963); it breeds in damp soil under bushes and trees, and is a fierce man-biter.
Widely distributed in Europe from Ireland and Spain through to Norway, Estonia and Russia.
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British Culicoides
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