Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Culicoides sp.] Culicoides

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 17-05-2026 09:25
#1
Hello,

I am reposting this topic here, as it was not originally placed in the correct forum.

This male Ceratopogonidae was observed during a night survey using a mercury vapour lamp. Do you think it could be Culicoides pulicaris, as we suspect?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos292/big/P4070942_modif.jpg
JC Bartolucci : France : Damazan : 47160 : 07/04/2020
Altitude : NR - Taille : 5 mm
Réf. : 292670

Thanks in advance.

JC
Edited by JC_Bartolucci on 01-07-2026 07:10

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 20-05-2026 23:24
#2
Culicoides sp. ?

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 27-05-2026 06:33
#3
Ceratopogonidae ?

Posted by John Carr on 27-05-2026 14:59
#4
It's Culicoides or tribe Ceratopogonini. I don't know the European wing patterns.

Posted by JC_Bartolucci on 01-07-2026 07:09
#5
Thank you very much, John, for your reply.

I will leave it as Culicoides / Ceratopogonini for now, as it seems safer not to go further without specialist knowledge of the European wing patterns.

Best regards,

JC