Culicoides imicola

Bellis, Glenn, Dyce, Alan, Gopurenko, David, Yanase, Tohru, Garros, Claire, Labuschagne, Karien & Mitchell, Andrew, 2014, Revision of the Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex Khamala & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian region, Zootaxa 3768 (4), pp. 401-427 : 405

Key to males of Australasian species of the Imicola complex

1. Apical pale marking in cell m1 reaching or crossing vein M2 subapically then narrowing apically and not touching vein M2 at wing margin ( Fig. 9 ), ventral membrane of 9th sternite spiculate (Fig. 40)................................. nudipalpis

- Apical pale marking in cell m1 not narrowed apically and touching vein M2 at wing margin ( Fig. 5, 7 ), ventral membrane of 9th sternite bare (Fig. 34, 37)............................................................................ 2

2. Wing with proximal dark marking on costa at most 1.5 times as long as stigmatic dark spot ( Fig. 7 )............ brevitarsis

- Wing with proximal dark marking on costa at least twice as long as stigmatic dark spot ( Fig. 5 )................. asiatica

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex species. C. asiatica Bellis sp. n., 1, female eye separation; 4, female wing; 5, male wing. C. brevitarsis Kieffer, 2, female eye separation; 6, female wing; 7, male wing. C. nudipalpis Delfinado 3, female eye separation; 8, female wing; 9, male wing. 10, C. superfulvus Das Gupta cotype female wing. 11 C. radicitus Delfinado neotype male wing.