title: A redescription of Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer, 1918, with comments on subgeneric position of some European taxa (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: Culicoides griseidorsum Kieffer, 1918 is formally redescribed, and the male described and illustrated for the first time. The species is placed within Sensiculicoides Shevchenko, 1977 the subgenus restored from the synonymy with Oecacta Poey, 1853. A checklist of European species placed in subgenera Sensiculicoides and Oecacta is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Szadziewski
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitology, "Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine", National Scientific Center, Pushkinska 83, 61023 Kharkiv, Ukraine; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Serhii
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Filatov
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; Email: heliocopris@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Patrycja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dominiak
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D002965:Classification; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D013045:Species Specificity