Pictorial key to adult female C ulicoides L atreille, 1809 ( D iptera: C eratopogonidae) from the N orthern T erritory, W estern A ustralia and S outh A ustralia

An illustrated key to aid in separating adult females of the 64 species ofCulicoidesreported from theNorthernTerritory,WesternAustralia andSouthAustralia, and some important livestock pest species not present in these regions is presented. The key uses characters visible under a stereomicroscope and does not attempt to distinguish those species that are separable only on characters visible on slide‐mounted specimens.C. asianaBellis is proposed as a replacement name forC. asiaticaBellis.