A taxonomic revision of the Indian species of the ‘ Aterinervis’ group of Culicoides Latreille Subgenus Hoffmania Fox (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Author Sarkar, Ankita 0009-0005-2433-2661 ankitasarkar 785 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0005 - 2433 - 2661 ankitasarkar785@gmail.com Author Banerjee, Paramita 0009-0009-5269-3148 banerjeeparamita 19 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0009 - 5269 - 3148 banerjeeparamita19@gmail.com Author Sinha, Shuvra Kanti 0000-0002-2408-7441 Department of Zoology, Sreegopal Banerjee College, Bagati, Mogra, Hooghly, 712148, West Bengal, India. suvrosinha @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2408 - 7441 suvrosinha@gmail.com Author Mazumdar, Abhijit 0000-0002-2606-9888 abhijitbu 02 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2606 - 9888 abhijitbu02@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-30 5258 4 405 428 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5258.4.3 journal article 241282 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.4.3 85a95cb7-f2e2-4d2f-b4b3-5e3245086dd3 1175-5326 7784423 69D47660-62BF-4E0F-A8D1-B9B27A0051FA

TABLE 1. Morphometric characters of female specimens of Indian species belonging to the Aterinervis group of subgenus Hoffmania

Species	AR	PR	P/H ratio	MT	Hind tibial spines	WL (mm)	CR	Length x breadth of two Spermatheca (mm)
AR—antennal ratio, PR—palpal ratio, P/H ratio—proboscis/head ratio, MT—mandibular teeth, WL—wing length, CR—costal ratio
aterinervis	0.95–1.13	3.5	0.83	14–17	5–6	1.39–1.45	0.64–0.67	0.069 x 0.050 and 0.062 x 0.050
isoregalis (n=1)	1.12	3.0	0.87	16–17	6	1.51	0.67	0.067 x 0.054 and 0.063 x 0.050
neoregalis (n=1)	1.05	3.85	1.00	17	6	1.68	0.73	0.058 x 0.046 and 0.058 x 0.042
pararegalis (n=2)	0.92–0.94	4.5	0.89–0.92	18–19	6	1.35–1.47	0.66	0.068–0.075 x 0.048–0.050 and 0.067 x 0.058
pseudoregalis (n=2)	1.13	3.33	0.90	18	5	1.06	0.65	0.058 x 0.037 and 0.050 x 0.042
quasiregalis (n=1)	1.02–1.06	4.2	0.84–0.85	19	5	1.23–1.43	0.65–0.66	0.067x 0.050 and 0.063 x 0.046
regalis (n=14)	0.85–0.94	4.4–4.6	0.86–0.98	16–21	6–7	1.31–1.64	0.63–0.67	0.060–0.076 x 0.048–0.056 and 0.058–0.071 x 0.046–0.058
subregalis (n=13)	1.06–1.19	2.83–4.2	0.73–0.87	13–20	5–6	1.35–1.59	0.62–0.75	0.050–0.067 x 0.042–0.058 and 0.050–0.052 x 0.042–0.045