C. sogdianus (Gutsevich 1966)

Taxonomy	Biology	Distribution

Culicoides sogdianus Gutsevich 1966: 673. TL Uzbekistan
(Glukhova 1989: 326. ♀, notes, figs)

Diagnosis and Notes

The wings are unmarked; the female AR is 1.05-1.18 and the SD is 3, 13-15. There are two oval spermathecae with very short necks; the third palp segment bears a large fairly shallow sensory pit.
No figure of the wing is available; the figures of the palp and spermathecae are from Glukhova (1989).