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27. Culicoides daedaloides, new species 



Figure 30 



Female: Length of wing 0.92-1.09 (n = 2) mm. 



Head. — Eyes contiguous, bare. Antenna with flagellar segments in 

 proportion of 18:14:12:13:13:13:12:14:28:28:31:32:43, antennal ' 

 ratio 1.48-1.49 (n = 2); distal sensory tufts present on segments iii, j 

 viii-x. Palpal segments in proportion of 9:12:19:6:7, third seg- | 

 ment short and swollen, 1.83-1.90 (n=2) times as long as greatest i 

 breadth, with a very broad and shallow sensory pit. Mandible with 

 12 teeth. j 



Thorax. — Mesonotum pruinose yellowish brown, with a prominent j 

 pattern of brown lines in the form of H -shaped marking, the longi- ! 

 tudinal lines extending from the humeral pits to the sides of scutellam, 





Figure 30. — Culicoides daedaloides, new species, a-e, Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; 

 c, palpus; d, tibial comb; e, spermathecae. /, g, Male:/, parameres; g, genitalia, parameres 

 removed. 



