Morphological and molecular analysis of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Slovakia with five new records
Author
Sarvašová, Adela
Author
Kočišová, Alica
Author
Halán, Miloš
Author
Delécolle, Jean-Claude
Author
Mathieu, Bruno
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Zootaxa
2014
3872
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.6
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Culicoides picturatus
Kremer & Deduit
(
Fig. 1
)
Culicoides picturatus
Kremer & Deduit 1961
: 701
(male, female, desc, figs) Kremer 1965: 166 (male, female, notes, figs, included in key)
Damian-Georgescu 1972
: 426
(male, fig)
Mathieu
et al.
2012
(included in key, female illustrated).
Non
type
material examined.
Slovakia
,
Bysta,
48°31′N
,
21°33′E
,
6.Jul.2012
(
1 female
,
2 males
),
14.Jul.2012
(
1 female
)
28.Jul.2012
(
2 females
); Michalany
17.Jun.2012
(
3 females
),
20.Jun.2012
(
16 females
),
22.Jun.2013
(
13 females
),
25.Oct.2013
(
2 females
); Rozhanovce,
48°45′N
,
21°21′E
,
2.Jun.2011
(
1 female
),
23.Jun.2011
(
1 female
),
17.Jul.2013
(
7 females
); Tulcik,
49°5′N
,
21°18′E
,
22.Jun.2011
(
1 female
),
25.Jul.2012
(
1 female
),
2.Jul.2013
(
5 females
); Velaty,
48°31′N
,
21°39′E
,
7.Jul.2012
(
1 female
).
France
, Humes Jorquenay,
47°54’N
,
5°18’E
,
26.May.2009
(
1 female
),
19.Jun.2012
(
1 female
) and
20.Jul.2012
(
1 female
); Marcoux,
44°7’N
,
6°17’E
,
23.Jul.2009
(
2 males
,
1 female
); Vaudreville,
49°30’N
,
1°21’O
,
8.Jul.2011
(
1 male
) and
20.Jun.2012
(
1 female
); Caisnes,
49°31’N
,
3°4’E
,
20.Jun.2012
(
2 females
);
Corsica
, Porto-Vecchio,
41°35’N
,
9°15’E
,
20.Jun.2002
(
10 females
);
Corsica
, Sartène,
41°38’N
,
8°57’E
,
18.Jun.2002
(
4 females
);
Corsica
, Pietra-Corbara,
42°50’N
,
9°26’E
,
28.Jul.2004
(
2 females
).
Diagnosis.
Female: The only species of Palearctic
Culicoides
with the combination of the following characters: wing with the second radial cell wholly dark and with faint pale spots present in distal part of r3, m1 and m2 cells, with the latter being the most prominent (
Fig. 1
); separated eyes; SCo distribution 1, 9–13; one short blunt-tipped sensilla trichodea (STc) on all basal antennal segments; and mid-tarsal spines on segments 1 to 3. Male: The only species of Palearctic
Culicoides
with the following combination of characters: wing patterned as described for female, genitalia with characteristics of
C.
subg
Silvaticulicoides
and with mid-tarsal spines on segments 1–3.
Distribution.
Morocco
,
Israel
,
Turkey
,
Switzerland
,
Spain
,
Romania
,
Portugal
,
Italy
,
Germany
,
France
,
Denmark
,
United Kingdom
and
Slovakia
.
Remarks.
The wing pattern of
C. picturatus
is similar to that of
C. alazanicus
but the latter has an R9/8 ratio of more than 2, SCo distribution of 1–13, spines present on median-tarsomeres 1 to 4, the absence of a pigmented neck on spermathecae and two short blunt-tipped trichodea on each basal antennal flagellomere.
Culicoides picturatus
is consistent with all of the characters
Glukhova (1977)
used to define
C.
subg.
Silvaticulicoides
excepting of the number of pale spots on the wing, a character that we do not consider sufficient to preclude the placement of
C. picturatus
into this subgenus.