Three species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) newly recorded from the Republic of Korea Author Bellis, Glenn Author Kim, Heung-Chul Author Kim, Myung-Soon Author Klein, Terry A. Author Lee, Dong-Kyu Author Gopurenko, David text Zootaxa 2013 3718 2 171 182 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.5 a7721740-8c16-4df5-a962-b1427f2c15ac 1175-5326 221512 2ED9EC13-1317-425F-B5FC-93EC65EB0567 Culicoides nasuensis Kitaoka. ( Figs. 1, 2 ) Culicoides nasuensis Kitaoka 1984:303 ; Wada 1990:59. Non-type material examined: Republic of Korea , Seoul, Yongsan, 37.5287o N , 126.9863o E , collected on the following dates 9.Jun.2010 ( 1 female ); 11.Jun.2010 ( 1 female ); 23.Jun.2010 ( 1 male ); 25.Jun.2010 ( 1 female ); 13.Jul.2010 ( 1 female ); 14.Jul.2010 ( 1 male ); 20.Aug.2010 ( 1 female ), 13.Jun.2011 ( 1 male ), 20.Jun.2011 ( 1 female , 2 males ). Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, 37.9560o N , 127.0290o E , collected on the following dates: 12.Jul.2011 ( 1 male , 1 female ), 31.Aug.2011 ( 1 female ). Diagnosis. The only species in the Verbosus group with a female palpal ratio less than 2.0 and SCo distribution of 1–5, (6),7, 9–13. The description provided by Wada (1990) is supplemented with data in Tables 1 –3. Distribution. This species is known from Japan and the Republic of Korea . TABLE 1. Summary of some morphological characters of specimens of C. nasuensis Kitaoka and C. pallidulus Yu collected from the Republic of Korea. species gender Wing length (mm) Wing length:width Palpal Ratio Proboscis:Head ratio