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Table 2 Female Culicoides species spectrum and number of specimens collected from sheep

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

652

769

83

7

1511

89

161

7

1

258

89

172

21

1

283

C. dewulfi

3

-

2

-

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. chiopterus

4

-

-

-

4

3

-

-

-

3

69

2

23

1

95

C. punctatus

118

72

6

1

197

7

18

-

-

25

57

110

3

-

170

C. pulicaris

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. lupicaris

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. pallidicornis

12

14

2

-

28

9

20

-

-

29

29

34

-

-

63

C. subfascipennis

4

1

-

-

5

4

5

1

-

10

1

9

-

-

10

C. achrayi

3

7

-

-

10

-

-

-

-

-

4

5

-

-

9

C. griseidorsum

3

1

-

-

4

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

1

C. subfagineus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. stigma

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Culicoides spp.

17

14

2

-

33

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL

816

880

95

8

1799

113

204

8

1

326

250

332

47

2

631

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