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Table 1 Numbers of Culicoides collected over 12 nights using four trapping methods

From: Assessment of vector/host contact: comparison of animal-baited traps and UV-light/suction trap for collecting Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vectors of Orbiviruses

Species1

Total No.

Rank species

No. Culicoides collected with

    

Drop trap 2

Direct aspiration

Sticky cover trap

UV-light/suction trap

 

F

M

 

No. F

Parity

No. E

No. M

No. F

Parity

No. E

No. F

Parity

No. E

No. G

No. F

Parity

No. E

No. G

No. M

C. brunnicans

313

6

1

153

0.48

49

4

36

0.69

1

69

0.39

 

7

55

0.67

  

2

C. obsoletus

75

 

2

22

0.86

15

 

14

0.43

3

    

39

0.54

   

C. dewulfi

46

1

3

27

0.44

  

14

0.43

 

1

1.00

  

4

0.25

  

1

C. scoticus

27

 

4

8

0.13

1

 

5

0.40

 

4

0.25

  

10

0.00

   

C. punctatus

16

 

5

2

0.50

     

3

1.00

 

1

11

0.55

   

C. vexans

15

 

6

9

0.89

3

 

2

1.00

 

3

1.00

2

 

1

1.00

   

C. achrayi

10

 

7

2

0.50

1

    

1

0

  

7

0.57

1

2

 

C. chiopterus

6

 

8

2

0.00

  

2

1.00

 

1

1.00

  

1

1.00

   

C. subfasciipennis

5

 

9

5

0.80

1

             

C. pulicaris

2

1

10

           

2

0.50

  

1

C. picturatus

1

 

11

1

1.00

              

C. circumscriptus

1

 

11

           

1

1.00

   

C. santonicus

1

 

11

           

1

1.00

   

C. shaklawensis

1

 

11

           

1

1.00

 

1

 

C. simulator

1

 

11

           

1

1.00

 

1

 

C. lupicaris

1

 

11

           

1

0.00

   

C. clastrieri

 

1

11

               

1

Obsoletus Complex

2

 

11

    

1

1.00

     

1

0.00

   

Culicoides sp.

2

  

1

0.00

     

1

0.00

       

Total

525

9

 

232

 

70

4

74

 

4

83

 

2

8

136

 

1

4

5

  1. 1 For the sake of clarity, 0 were not quoted.
  2. 2 F: females; M: males; E: engorged; G: gravide. Parity rate is No. parous/No. females.