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
5
541
560
journal article
42407
10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.6
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1175-5326
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Culicoides griseidorsum
Kieffer
(
Fig. 7
)
Culicoides griseidorsum
Kieffer 1918
: 46
Szadziewski 1984
: 166 (female re-described and illustrated,
neotype
, =
C. saevanicus sensu
Kremer
et al.
1973
)
Kremer
et al.
1973
: 61 (female wing illustrated, key)
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 male
); Michalany,
48°30′N
,
21°37′E
,
25.May.2011
(
76 females
),
17.Jun.2012
(
3 females
,
1 male
),
22.Jun.2013
(
1 female
); Rozhanovce,
48°45′N
,
21°21′E
,
23.Jun.2011
(
1 female
),
8.May.2013
(
2 females
); Velaty,
48°31′N
,
21°39′E
,
5.Aug.2012
(
1 female
,
1 male
).
France
,
Fleury d’Aude,
43°14’N
,
3°11’E
,
26.Jun.2001
(
2 females
); St Laurent d’Aigouze,
43°37’N
,
4°12’E
,
15.May.2001
(
1 male
,
1 female
);
Corsica
, San Giuliano,
42°17’N
,
9°32’E
,
27.Apr.2010
(
1 female
),
19.May.2004
(
1 female
); Porto-Vecchio,
41°35’N
,
9°15’E
,
20.Jun.2002
(
10 females
),
11.May.2004
(
3 females
),
3.Jun.2005
(
3 females
); Figari,
41°30’N
,
9°05’E
,
26.May.2009
(
3 males
,
2 females
),
20.Aug.2002
(
3 females
).
Diagnosis.
Female: The only species of
Culicoides
with the following combination of characters: wing with about apical 1/3 of second radial cell included in a pale spot; SCo distribution 1–12, irregular sensory pit on the third palpal segment. Male: the only species of
Culicoides
with the following combination of characters: wing with about apical 1/3 of second radial cell included in a pale spot; ninth sternite with spiculate membrane and SCo distribution 1–12.
Distribution.
United Kingdom
,
France
(including
Corsica
),
Italia
,
Spain
,
Poland
and
Slovakia
.