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). Eyes contiguous, for 3 facets. Antenna with SCo on flagellomeres 1, 9–13; third palpal segment long, slender, numerous capitate sensilla, second segment long, with minute capitate sensilla, first, fourth and fifth segments short, fifth segment with 4 apical sensilla chaetica.
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). Brown with random dark markings; postscutellum brown.
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). Brownish; fore femora with pale apical bands, mid femora with narrow pale area at base, apex pale, hind femora basally pale, fore and mid tibia with broad pale band in basal half, hind tibia with pale basal and apical bands; hind tibial comb with 6 unequal spines, second one longest; spur tip frayed; claws equal.
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). Pale area at wing base extending to posterior wing margin of anal cell; pale spot over r-m crossvein crossing vein M, continuous to cell m
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). Brownish with dark streaks; spermatheca two, well developed, ovoid, subequal, well sclerotized with short, oblique prominent necks; rudimentary one small, tubular; ring indistinct.
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Unknown
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,716,1787]" box="[199,497,1544,1570]" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,380,1544,1570]" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">Larval habitat.</emphasis>
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Unknown
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[199,1038,1580,1607]" pageId="9" pageNumber="414" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,716,1787]" box="[199,1038,1580,1607]" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1580,1606]" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry box="[359,417,1580,1606]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">India</collectingCountry>
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(Darjeeling, Neora Valley National Park,
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<collectingRegion box="[887,1030,1580,1607]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
|
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)
|
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</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="414" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,716,1787]" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1616,1642]" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[324,489,1616,1642]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="414" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pararegalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[324,489,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">C. pararegalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[615,726,1616,1642]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="414" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[615,726,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">C. regalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as pale area of wing base extending to posterior wing margin of anal cell and with a broad pale spot over r-m crossvein. Additionally, the morphometric data (
|
||
<tableCitation box="[1244,1328,1652,1678]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,244,771,799]" captionText="TABLE 1. Morphometric characters of female specimens of Indian species belonging to the Aterinervis group of subgenus Hoffmania" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
) of these species overlaps suggesting that
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[517,680,1688,1714]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="414" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pararegalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[517,680,1688,1714]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">C. pararegalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may just be a variant of the more widespread
|
||
<emphasis box="[1197,1314,1688,1714]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1197,1310,1688,1714]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="414" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalis">C. regalis</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
The major difference between these species is the reduced distal pale spot in cell r
|
||
<subScript attach="left" box="[957,965,1742,1756]" fontSize="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">3</subScript>
|
||
and two separate distal pale spots in anal cell of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[229,392,1760,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="414" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pararegalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[229,392,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">C. pararegalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, warrant further investigation to confirm the status of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[999,1162,1760,1786]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="414" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pararegalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[999,1162,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="414">C. pararegalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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