Figure 1. Photographs of wings of slide-mounted Culicoides specimens viewed under light microscope.

Random samples of wing patterns of molecularly identified C. imicola (A), C. oxystoma (B) and another member of schultzei complex (C), demonstrating the difficulty in differentiating between species of the schultzei complex (B, C). Wing sizes from arculus to tip are 0.9 mm, 1.06 mm, and 0.93 mm, respectively.