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Table 1 Descriptors and descriptor codes used for IIKC

From: Development and validation of IIKC: an interactive identification key for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) females from the Western Palaearctic region

Descriptors

code

WING: Pale or dark spots - Presence

W01

WING: 2nd rad cell, covered by pale spot, costal-tip part

W02

WING: r5 and m1, pale spots, distal part - Presence

W03

WING: r5 and m1, pale spots, distal part - Size

W04

WING: r5 and m1, pale spots, distal part - Connection

W05

WING: r5 and m1, pale spots distal part - Position

W06

WING: m2, pale spot, distal part - Presence

W07

WING: m1, pale spot, from proximal to median part - Presence

W08

WING: m1, pale spot layer and cross the veins M1 and M2 - Presence

W09

WING: m2, pale spot/area, from proximal to median part - Presence

W10

WING: m2, pale spot over r-m cross vein fused with the m2 spot which layers and crosses vein M2 - Presence

W11

WING: m, pale spot/area - Presence

W12

WING: r5, 4th pale costal spot (p.c.s.) versus 3rd dark costal spot (d.c.s.) - Size

W13

WING: r5, area of 4th p.c.s. bigger than 3rd d.c.s. - Shape of the 3rd d.c.s.

W14

WING: anal cell, pale spot in distal part - Presence

W15

WING: m4, center spot - Presence and Colour

W16

WING: r-m crossvein, dark spot in the corner with M1 vein- Presence

W17

WING: arculus, dark spot under arculus - Presence

W18

WING: M1, pale spot/band spanning the vein - Presence

W19

WING: M1, pale spot in the median part - Position

W20

WING: M2, pale spot/band spanning the vein - Presence

W21

WING: M1, M2 and M3 + 4, at least 1 pale spot/area, abuts wing margin, apex of veins in distal part - Presence

W22

WING: M1, M2 and M3 + 4, pale spots surrounded by dark area, apex of veins - Shape

W23

WING: M2, dark spot in proximal part - Shape

W24

WING: Pale wing with only 2 dark areas on Cu1 and 2nd rad cell - Presence

W25

WING: m and anal cells, macrotrichia abundance - Presence

W26

WING: anal cell, dark area abuts wing margin - Presence

W27

ABDOMEN: Spermathecae - Number

A01

ABDOMEN: Spermathecae, sclerotized ring at the end of the spermathecal duct - Presence

A02

ABDOMEN: Spermathecae, sclerotized ring at the end of the spermathecal duct - Shape

A03

ABDOMEN: 1 or 2 spermathecae, pigmented neck - Presence

A04

ABDOMEN: 1 Spermatheca - Shape

A05

ABDOMEN: 1 spermatheca, curved shape - Presence

A06

ABDOMEN: 1 spermatheca, spermathecal duct swollen - Presence

A07

ABDOMEN: 1 spermatheca, spermathecal duct - Length

A08

ABDOMEN: 2 spermathecae - Shape

A09

ABDOMEN: Spermathecae, abdominal sclerites - Presence

A10

ABDOMEN: Spermathecae, abdominal sclerites - Shape

A11

ABDOMEN: 2 spermathecae - Size

A12

ABDOMEN: 3 spermathecae - Shape

A13

ABDOMEN: 3 spermathecae - Texture

A14

EYES: interfacetal hairs - Presence

H01

EYES: Inter-ocular space - Shape

H02

MANDIBLE/MAXILLE: teeth - Presence

H03

CIBARIAL ARMATURE: cibarial armature - Presence

H04

PHARYNX POSTERIOR ARMATURE: pharynx posterior armature - Presence

H05

PALPUS: 3rd palpal segment - Shape

H06

PALPUS: 3rd palpal segment, sensory pits - Number

H07

PALPUS: 3rd palpal segment, single sensory pit - Opening versus depth

H08

ANTENNA: short segments - Shape

H09

ANTENNA: sensilla coeloconica, short segments - Presence

H10

ANTENNA: short sensilla trichodea, distal part segments IV to X - Number

H11

ANTENNA: long sensilla trichodea, proximal segments III-X - Shape

H12

ANTENNA: antennal XI/X ratio, length of segment XI divided by length of segment X - Range

H13

ANTENNA: sensilla coeloconica, segments III to VI - Presence

H14

ANTENNA: sensilla coeloconica, segments VII to X - Presence

H15

ANTENNA: sensilla coeloconica, segments XI à XV - Presence

H16

LEG: forelegs, spines on tarsal segments - Presence

L01

LEG: middle legs, spines on tarsal segments - Presence

L02

LEG: hind legs, spines on tarsal segments - Presence

L03

GEOGRAPHICAL

G01

  1. Concerning wing descriptors, the lower-case r and m referred to respectively radial and median cells and the upper-case M and Cu to the median and cubital nervures.