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Figure 84. — Culicoides ahnirantei, new species, a-e, Female: a, wing; b, thoracic pattern; 

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

 removed. 



large and broadly attaining wing margin ; two pale spots in distal part 

 of anal cell; pale spots present lying in front of mediociibital fork and 

 behind medial fork, connected to the penultimate pale spot in cell 

 Ma; base of wing broadly pale from costal margin to base of anal cell. 

 Macrotrichia very sparse in apices of cells R5 and Mj ; costa extending 

 to 0.69 (0.64-0.74, n = 8) of distance to wing tip. Halter yellowish. 



Abdomen. — Brownish black, cerci pale. Spermathecae two, pyri- 

 form, subequal, measuring 0.048 by 0.035 mm., the bases of the ducts 

 not sclerotized. 



Male genitalia: Ninth sternum with a broad, shallow, caudo- 

 median excavation; ninth tergum short with broad apex, caudal 

 margin straight, apicolateral processes long and pointed. Basistyle 

 with ventral root foot-shaped, the posterior heel poorly developed, 

 dorsal root stout; dististyle nearly straight with slender tip. Aedeagus 



