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Table 1 Features of the trapping locations and general entomological results of the 3 year monitoring

From: Spatio-temporal occurrence of Culicoides biting midges in the climatic regions of Switzerland, along with large scale species identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Location (municipality) Coordinates1(N/E)

Altitude1

Climate region2(specification)

No. analysable trappings3

Total no. Culicoides/ other insects

Overall Culicoides(%)

Obsoletus group

Pulicaris group

other Culicoides

Novazzano

270

South of the Alps4 (border to Italy)

97

19,307 / 132,004

88.5

1.8

9.7

 45°50'30"/8°58'46"

Dittingen

360

Eastern Jura mountain range (low altitude at northern slope)

109

149,439 / 113,677

98.6

1.0

0.4

 47°26'31"/7°29'46"

Commugny

420

Western lowlands (shore of lake Geneva)

150

6,933 / 247,425

94.8

3.1

2.1

 46°19'20"/6°10'24"

Granges

500

Wallis (low altitude inner alpine valley with east-west orientation)

140

11,329 / 33,972

91.8

6.6

1.6

 46°15'38"/7°27'52"

Wädenswil

620

North-eastern lowlands

145

64,358 / 144,627

94.4

4.0

1.6

 47°12'49"/8°39'53"

Mühlethurnen

670

Central lowlands

146

18,070 / 155,267

96.4

2.2

1.4

 46°48'50"/7°30'41"

Bennau

810

Northern slope of the Alps, central

112

24,009 / 164,150

91.4

7.2

1.4

 47°8'55"/8°43'45"

Château d’Oex

940

Northern slope of the Alps, west

148

32,990 / 119,144

83.4

12.5

4.1

 46°28'27"/7°7'48"

Chaumont

1,110

Western Jura mountain range (mountain top)

155

80,906 / 64,977

81.8

17.6

0.6

 47°1'38"/6°57'25"

Davos

1,560

North and Central Grisons (high altitude inner alpine valley with north-south orientation)

122

16,488 / 15,764

13.0

78.5

8.5

 46°47'59"/9°49'51"

Sils

1,800

Engadin (high altitude inner alpine valley with east-west orientation)

95

57,858 / 19,531

16.3

65.9

17.8

 46°25'48"/9°45'48"

Juf

2,130

North and central Grisons (highest permanently inhabited village in Europe)

155

65,715 / 68,564

2.0

85.8

12.2

 46°26'43"/9°34'45"

  1. Coordinates (latitude north/ longitude east) and altitudes (meters above sea level) according to Google Earth. Locations are listed in ascending order with regard to altitude. The six trapping locations with high sampling reliability (≥ 145 weekly catches) are in bold.
  2. 2 As defined and described[28].
  3. 3 Onderstepoort blacklight suction traps operated once per week, from approximately 2 h before dusk and until after dawn, for 3 years (no. = weeks, maximum number of trappings = 156).
  4. 4 Climate influenced by the Mediterranean Sea.
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