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bands across wing; second radial cell very dark to tip; base of wing 

 pale to level slightly past one-half the distance from basal arculus to 

 r-m crossvein ; large spot over crossvein forming a pale band extending 

 to mediocubital fork; poststigmatic pale spot broader than the dark 

 spot distal to it, continued posteriorly as a pale band continuous with 

 pale distal area in cell M4, the portion in cells Ml and M2 slightly 

 displaced distad of anterior and posterior ends; apex of wing with 3 

 large separate pale spots, the one in cell R5 broadly meeting wing 

 margin anterodistally, the extreme posterodistal corner of cell R5 dark; 



Figure 5. — Culicoides monticola, new species, female: a, eye separation; b, antenna; c, 

 spermathecae; d, palpus. Culicoides andinus, new species, male: e, palpus;/, paramere; 

 g, genitalia, parameres not shown. 



an elongate, oval, pale spot distally in cell Ml, not quite meeting wing 

 margin ; a rounded pale spot filling apex of cell M2 ; 2 separate pale 

 spots in distal part of anal cell; no pale spots at apices of veins Ml, 

 M2, M3+4, or Cul. Macrotrichia numerous distad of a line between 

 end of costa and base of mediocubital fork, forming a double row to 

 base of cell M2, and scattered in anal cell; costa extending to 0.57 

 (0.57-0.58, n=7) ; second radial cell much shorter than the first, with 

 broad lumen, the first slitlike. Halter pale. 



Abdomen: Dark brown. Spermathecae (fig. 5c) 2 plus a rudimentary 

 third and a sclerotized ring; unequal in size, measuring 0.065 x 0.043 



