The 12 species described as new bring the Indian Culicoides fauna to a total of 31 species and one variety. The authors describe fully all species known to them in nature, and comment on the salient characters of those they know only from the literature. Their key to males includes 21 species; that to females, 27 species and one variety. Dorsal pattern, wings, spermathecae, and male genitalia of numerous species are illustrated.
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