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X.—A Taxonomic Review of the British Species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera, Ceratopogonidæ).*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

J. Allan Campbell  and
E. C. Pelham-Clinton
J. Allan Campbell
Affiliation:
Animal Diseases Research Association, Moredun Institute, Gilmerton, Edinburgh.
E. C. Pelham-Clinton
Affiliation:
Animal Diseases Research Association, Moredun Institute, Gilmerton, Edinburgh.
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Synopsis

A taxonomic review is provided of imagines of the forty-one known British species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera, Ceratopogonidæ).

Four species new to science, C. cameroni, C. reconditus, C. segnis and C. machardyi are described from the British Isles.

The female of C. poperinghensis Goetghebuer is described for the first time. C. poperinghensis Goetghebuer and C. subfasciipennis Kieffer are recorded as new to the British Isles. C. lupicaris Downes and Kettle is defined anew. Distinguishing taxonomic characters are given for the females of C. achrayi Kettle and Lawson and C. pallidicornis Kieffer.

A number of female structural characters of taxonomic importance are discussed and described for all the British species: the antennal sensilla are found to be important as a group character and antennal ratio as a specific or subspecific character.

Descriptive notes with relevant taxonomic discussion are given for each species. The paper includes a key to species based on superficial characters and separate keys for each sex based on structural characters.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , 1960 , pp. 181 - 302
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1960

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Footnotes

†This work was begun at Edinburgh University under a grant from the Agricultural Research Council.
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This paper was assisted in publication by a grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

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