Characterizing the species composition of European Culicoides vectors by means of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification

Table 1 Culicoides spp. monitoring data for different climate zones used in this study

Climate	Country	Number of traps	Type of traps¹	Sampling period	Sampling interval	Reference
Cfb 1	AT	1	OVI	2009-2011	Daily	[1]
Cfb 2	DE	9	BG	2007-2008	Day 1-8 of each month	[2]
Cfb 3	SE	12	OVI	2008-2009	Weekly	[3]
Cfb 4	NL	4	LP	2005-2006	Continuously and emptied once a week	[4]
Cfb 5	BE	29	CDC	2006	Two nights twice a week	[5]
Cfb 6	UK	35	OVI	2008	Three trapping nights	[6]
Cfb 7	CH	4	OVI	2008-2011	Weekly	[7]
Cfb 8	FR	n/a	OVI	2010	Weekly	[8]
Dfb 1	SE	2	OVI	2008-2009	Weekly	[3]
Dfb 2	RO	3	OVI	2008	Weekly in May	[9]
Cfa 1	RO	3	OVI	2008	Weekly in May	[9]
Csb 1	PT	35	OVI	2000/2001	Two to seven consecutive nights	[10]
Csb 2	FR	12	OVI	2002	One night every three weeks	[11]
Csa 1	PT	43	OVI	2000/2001	Two to seven consecutive nights	[10]
Csa 2	ES	52	CDC	2007-2008	Weekly	[12]
Csa 3	IT	n/a	OVI	2000-2003	Weekly	[13]

¹OVI - Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute black light suction trap; CDC - new standard miniature black light trap (model 1212), John W. Hook Company, USA; BG - BG-Sentinel mosquito trap, Biogents AG, Germany; LP - Liberty Plus CO₂ baited counterflow trap, America Biophysics Co., USA.

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