Culicoid flies from Kyushu, Japan : Ceratopogonidae, Diptera

Abstract

Mr. Hiroshi Matsuzawa has sent me many biting midges which were collected at various parts in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu. I found following five culicoid species in his collection : Culicoides sigaensis Tokunaga, C. amamiensis Tokunaga, C. oxystoma Kieffer, C. arakawae Arakaw, C. matsuzawai n. sp. At present I intend to report a new species and two varieties of the above mentioned species.