Identity and diversity of blood meal hosts of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides Latreille) in Denmark

Table 3 Mammalian blood meal host of Culicoides biting midges collected by UV-traps (n = 218)

Blood meal host/biting midge species	*Bos taurus* , cow	*Capra hircus* , goat	*Capreolus capreolus* , European roe deer	*Cervus elaphus* , red deer	*Equus caballus* , horse	*Homo sapiens* , human	*Mus musculus* , house mouse	*Ovis aries* , sheep
C. chiopterus	6 ^a,c,d	-	1^b	-	-	-	-	-
C. circumscriptus	-	-	-	-	-	1 ^c	-	-
C. dewulfi	9 ^c,d	-	-	-	-	1 ^b	-	-
C. furcillatus	1 ^c	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C. kibunensis	1 ^c	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C. lupicaris L2	2 ^c,d	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C. obsoletus	29 ^a,b,c,d	5 ^c	1 ^b	1 ^c	3 ^c	3 ^b,c	1 ^c	1 ^a
C. obsoletus O2	-	1 ^c	-	-	-	-	-	-
C. pallidicornis	-	1 ^c	-	-	-	-	-	-
C. poperinghensis	10 ^c,d	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C. pulicaris	42 ^a,b,c,d	2 ^c	-	1 ^c	1 ^c	-	-	-
C. punctatus	36 ^a,b,c,d	1 ^c	1 ^c	-	-	-	-	-
C. riethi	1 ^d	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C. scoticus	14 ^a,b,c,d	-	2 ^b	-	1 ^c	1 ^c	-	-
C. vexans	35 ^a	-	1 ^b	-	-	1 ^b	-	-
Total	186	10	6	2	5	7	1	1

ISSN: 1756-3305