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), Darjeeling Govt. College, August, 1968, Coll. Dr. S.K. Das Gupta.
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). Eyes contiguous for 2 facets. Antenna with SCo on flagellomeres 1, 9–13. Third palpal segment long, slender with numerous capitate sensilla, without sensory pit; first, fourth, fifth segments short, stout; second segment long.
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). Brown; scutum with dark linear streaks; scutellum with 8 bristles; postscutellum brownish.
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). Brownish; fore femora with pale apical bands, mid femora with pale basal and apical bands, hind femora with basal band, fore and mid tibiae with broad pale basal bands, hind tibiae with pale broad basal and apical bands; hind tibial comb with 5 unequal spines, second from spur longest; spur tip frayed; claws equal.
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). A clear dark marking on anal corner; pale spot on r-m crossvein extending distally to vein M; poststigmatic pale spot covering most of 2
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Fig.
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). Brown with dark streaks; two well developed, brown, unequal, ovoid, spermathecae well sclerotized with short necks; rudimentary spermatheca small.
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Unknown
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Unknown
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a) head; b) maxillary palp; c) thorax; d) fore tarsis; e) hind tibial spines; f) wing and g) spermathecae with ring
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Unknown
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(Darjeeling, Kurseong,
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<collectingRegion box="[688,831,1772,1799]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="13" pageNumber="418">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
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)
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="13" pageNumber="418" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="13.[151,1437,1736,1942]" pageId="13" pageNumber="418">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1808,1834]" pageId="13" pageNumber="418">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName box="[326,499,1808,1835]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quasiregalis">
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<emphasis box="[326,499,1808,1835]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="418">C. quasiregalis</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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most closely resembles
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[789,981,1808,1835]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudoregalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[789,981,1808,1835]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="418">C. pseudoregalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as both have grayish wing, hind tibial comb with 5 spines but the two species differ in antennal and palpal ratios (
|
||
<tableCitation box="[1001,1085,1844,1870]" 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="13" pageNumber="418">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
) and the presence of a discrete constricted distal pale spot in the anal cell.This character may be variable, assumed to be a variant of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1250,1436,1880,1907]" class="Insecta" family="Ceratopogonidae" genus="Culicoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudoregalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1250,1436,1880,1907]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="418">C. pseudoregalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but this requires further investigations.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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