taxonID	type	description	language	source
4B3187E4FFCAFF8B8FE444DAFBC46F13.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Culicoides punctatus Latreille (= Ceratopogon punctatus Meigen), by monotypy.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFCAFF888FE44003FC836E88.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 2 ♀, 1 ♂, West Bengal, Kalyani, 22.9750 ° N, 88.4344 ° E, 23 April 2006, Coll. U. Majumdar.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFCAFF888FE44003FC836E88.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Modified after Gangopadhyay & Das Gupta, 1998). This species may be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: Females with bare, almost touching eyes, SCo on flagellomeres 1,3,5 – 8; maxillary palpus with shallow and large sensory pit; wing from the pale spot just below of it, touching the vein M 1, pale spot distal to anal cell medially constricted. Males without lateral processes on aedeagus and notched at tip, fan-like expansion of parameres bearing 6 lateral spines.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC9FF888FE444F3FDA5689F.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 1 ♀, West Bengal, Dum Dum, 22.6200 N, 88.4200 E, 24 August 1967, Coll. S. K. Das Gupta; 4 ♂, 12 ♀, West Bengal, Habra, 22.8300 N, 88.6300 E, 2 May 1998, Coll. P. K. Chaudhuri.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC9FF888FE444F3FDA5689F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Modified after Wirth & Hubert, 1989). This species may be distinguished by the following combination of characters like, bare, contiguous eyes; SCo on flagellomeres 1,6 – 8; trilobed proximal poststigmatic spot on wing, cell m 1 with two distinct pale spots, very narrow distal pale spot on cell cua 1. Males with aedeagus having two lateral arms and channel like distal stalk, short apicolateral processes, parameres with fan-like expansion bearing 4 – 5 lateral spines.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC9FF888FE4431EFDEB6A94.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. Paratypes 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Dum Dum, August 1957, Coll. S. K. Das Gupta; 1 ♀, Dum Dum, 11 July 2000, Coll. U. Majumdar.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC9FF888FE4431EFDEB6A94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Modified after Wirth & Hubert, 1989). This species may be diagnosed by the following combination of characters like, SCo present on flagellomeres 1,5 – 8; proximal poststigmatic pale spot bilobed, posterior lobe almost straight towards vein M 1, cell m 1 with a single distal pale spot. Males with aedeagus having lateral processes, tergum IX with moderately long apicolateral process, parameres with low ventral lobes and distal fan-like expansion bearing 5 lateral spines.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC9FF898FE44107FA8E6D62.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 2 ♀, 2 ♂, Habra, 28 August 1999, Coll. P. K. Chaudhuri.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC9FF898FE44107FA8E6D62.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Modified after Wirth & Hubert, 1989). This species can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters like, bare, narrowly separated eyes; SCo on flagellomeres 1,3,5 – 8, proximal poststigmatic pale spot separated from the pale spot crossing the vein M 1, anal cell with medially constricted distal pale spot, posterior lobe being large and broadly touching the margin. Males with aedeagus without any lateral process, parameres with low ventral lobes and fan-like expansion of parameres bearing 9 lateral spines.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF898FE44799FCD36F16.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. Paratype ♀, Habra, 22 May 1967, Coll. B. C. Majumdar; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Kalyani, 14 April 2004, Coll. S. Nandi; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, West Bengal, Burdwan, 23.2383 N, 87.8608 E, 21 April 2005, Coll. S. Nandi.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF898FE44799FCD36F16.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Modified after Gangopadhyay & Das Gupta, 1998). The species described by Majumdar & Das Gupta in Diphaomyia may be recognized by moderately separated, bare eyes, SCo on flagellomeres 1,5 – 8, proximal poststigmatic pale spot constricted, posterior lobe slightly directed in front, prominent constriction of distal anal pale spot; rudimentary spermatheca swollen distally. Male with aedeagus possessing lateral processes and fan-like expansion of parameres bearing 6 lateral spines.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF898FE44585FC576950.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 10 ♀, 8 ♂, West Bengal, Ashokenagar, 13.0351 N, 80.2095 E, August, 1968, (Coll. S. K. Das Gupta); 5 ♀, 2 ♂, Jharkhand, Maithon, 23.7800 N, 86.8100 E, 12. vii. 1987, Coll. N. Saha; 5 ♀, 5 ♂, Burdwan, 8 July 2005, Coll. B. Pan.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF898FE44585FC576950.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Modified after Wirth & Hubert, 1989). This species may be recognized by: bare, narrowly separated eyes, SCo on flagellomeres 1,3,5 – 8; proximal poststigmatic pale spot is faintly continuous with that of the pale spot on r-m and separated from the pale spot on vein M 1, cell m 2 with two pale spots, pale spot on cell cua 1 broader than in other species, distal pale spot on anal cell broader anteriorly and constricted posteriorly. Male aedeagus without lateral processes and with slender, sharp-pointed stalk.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF8C8FE443CBFDB86FAD.taxon	materials_examined	Type materials. Holotype ♀, Habra, 22 June 1967, Coll. S. K. Das Gupta. Paratypes ♂, data same as holotype; 2 ♀, 3 ♂, Habra, 7 April 1967, Coll. B. C. Majumdar; 5 ♀, 4 ♂, West Bengal, Bankura, 23.2500 N, 87.0667 E, 11 May 1989, Coll. P. K. Chaudhuri; 2 ♀, 2 ♂, West Bengal, Chinsura, 22.9000 ° N, 88.3900 ° E, 2 June 2003, Coll. U. Majumdar; 4 ♀, 6 ♂, West Bengal, Diamond Harbour, 22.2000 ° N, 88.2000 ° E, 19 July 1975, Coll. S. K. Das Gupta; 1 ♀, West Bengal, Purulia, 23.3333 ° N, 86.3667 ° E, 11 June 2003, Coll. S. Nandi; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, West Bengal, Raniganj, 23.3333 ° N, 86.3667 ° E, 23 June 2001, Coll. U. Majumdar; 4 ♀, 2 ♂, Jharkhand, Dehri-on-Sone, 24.8700 ° N, 84.1800 ° E, 22 June 2002, Coll. N. Saha.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF8C8FE443CBFDB86FAD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name “ soleamaculatus ” derives from the horse shoe shaped pale spot in cell r 3 of the wing.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF8C8FE443CBFDB86FAD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species may be identified by the following combination of characters like, very narrowly separated eyes; fore and mid femur with sub-apical pale bands in addition to sub-basal pale tibial bands, hind tibial comb with 4 spines in female and 5 spines in males; wing cell r 3 with distal horse-shoe shaped pale spot, proximal poststigmatic pale spot transversely meeting the wing anteriorly and vein M 1 posteriorly. Male aedeagus with long, slender apical process and a pair of posteriorly directed lateral arms, parameres with sinuate stem ending in a terminal filament of 8 sub-apical spines.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF8C8FE443CBFDB86FAD.taxon	description	Description. Adult female. Head. Frontovertex dark gray with about 15 SCh. Eyes bare and very narrowly separated or just touching at a point. Antenna (FIG. 1 A) brown, flagellar segments with pale base, SCo present on flagellomeres 1 – 8; length ratio of flagellomeres 1 - 13: 7.8 - 5.3 - 5.5 - 5.8 - 5.9 - 5.9 - 5.9 - 6 - 9.7 - 10 - 10 - 10.8 - 17.8, total length 0.31 (0.30 – 0.31, n = 12). Maxillary palpus (FIG. 1 B) dark brown, third segment very large, strongly swollen distad with a sub apical sensory pit bearing 24 – 25 capitate sensilla; length ratio of palp segments I – V: 4 - 6.8 - 14.6 - 3.5 - 5.1. Mandible (FIG. 1 C) with 9 teeth (7 – 10, n = 10), maxillary blade with 9 teeth. PLATE 1. Photographs of wings, eye separation and spermathecae: A 1 – A 3. C. causeyi; B 1 – B 3. C. clavipalpis; C 1 – C 3. C. distinctus; D 1 – D 3. C. huffi; E 1 – E 3. C. mukerjii; F 1 – F 3. C. similis; G 1 – G 3. C. soleamaculatus sp. n. Thorax. (FIG. 1 D). Scutum dark brown with irregular median and lateral pale areas, scutellum with 4 large and 2 small bristles. Legs. (FIG. 1 E). Fore and mid femora pale basally, darkened apically with a sub apical pale band; hind femora pale basally and darkening apically but lacking a pale band, bases of all tibiae dark brown with a sub basal pale band and becoming pale apically; hind tibial comb (FIG. 1 F) with 4 unequal spines, first one from spur longest, spur tip frayed. Wing. (FIG. 1 G). Brown with contrasting wing pattern, cell r 3 with distal pale spot horse shoe shaped and poststigmatic pale spot transverse, meeting the wing margin anteriorly and vein M 1 posteriorly, veins M 1 and M 2 bordered by faint pale marking; macrotrichia rather sparse; radial cells sub equal. Halter pale. Abdomen. Spermathecae (FIG. 1 H) well sclerotized, ovoid, slightly unequal, with long necks, rudimentary third spermatheca and sclerotized ring present. Adult male. Similar to the female in wing (FIG. 1 I) and usual sexual differences. Tergum IX more or less quadrate with a pair of short, slender apicolateral processes and without median notch; sternum IX with a broad, shallow caudomedian excavation, ventral membrane bare; gonocoxite stout with distinct internal roots, sharp, elongated and hooked ventral root sharp with well developed short curved and blunt anterior lobe, dorsal root long, stout slightly curved towards tip; gonostylus progressively narrowed from base to inwardly bent apex; aedeagus (FIG. 1 J) with slender, divergent arms, basal arch broad, rounded extending about half of aedeagal length, long apical process with a pair of lateral, posteriorly directed processes; parameres (FIG. 1 K) separated, each with thimble like basal cap and sinuate stem possessing a well developed ventral lobe, slender and curved distal part terminated with filament bearing 8 sub apical fringing spines.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
4B3187E4FFC8FF8C8FE443CBFDB86FAD.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is much closer to C. similis in similar proximal poststigmatic pale spot but differ in the shape of distal most pale spot on cell r 3, in distribution of SCo, absence of sub apical pale band on fore femur and greater number of mandibular teeth.	en	Nandi, Mou, Mazumdar, Abhijit (2014): Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.5
