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Table 1 Female Culicoides species spectrum and number of specimens collected from cattle

From: Feeding behaviour of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on cattle and sheep in northeast Germany

 

Study A

Study B

Study C

Species

♀ P

♀ NP

♀ E

♀ NI

Total

♀ P

♀ NP

♀ E

♀ NI

Total

♀ P

♀ NP

♀ E

♀ NI

Total

Obsoletus complex

284

414

530

18

1246

388

696

152

7

1243

324

869

1236

15

2444

C. dewulfi

1

-

2

-

3

2

2

-

-

4

-

1

-

-

1

C. chiopterus

2

-

1

-

3

11

3

3

-

17

59

7

40

-

106

C. punctatus

58

66

48

1

173

42

98

13

1

154

120

147

62

1

330

C. pulicaris

1

3

1

-

5

1

1

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

C. lupicaris

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. pallidicornis

36

49

47

-

132

53

114

36

-

203

36

34

71

3

144

C. subfascipennis

4

11

8

-

23

26

29

17

-

72

5

3

2

-

10

C. achrayi

7

6

2

-

15

-

-

-

-

-

4

3

3

-

10

C. griseidorsum

6

3

2

-

11

-

1

-

-

1

3

6

6

-

15

C. subfagineus

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. stigma

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Culicoides spp.

18

19

35

14

86

-

-

-

-

-

4

3

4

-

11

TOTAL

417

571

677

33

1698

523

944

221

8

1696

555

1073

1424

19

3071

  1. ♀P: parous females; ♀NP: nulliparous females; ♀E: engorged females; ♀NI: females not identifiable by their physiological status due to damage.