Role of different Culicoides vectors (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in bluetongue virus transmission and overwintering in Sardinia (Italy)

Table 2 Relative numbers of Culicoides species collected one night per week by light traps in Sardinia

Collection sites	Year	Total Culicoides	C. imicola	Obsoletus complex	C. obsoletus	C. scoticus	C. newsteadi species A	C. newsteadi species B	C. pulicaris (s.l.)	C. punctatus
Arzachena	2008	25506	5615	892^b	–	–	9479	6320	175	184
Sassari 1	2001	12356	3919	87	74	13	5255	277	35	13
Sassari 2	2008	11166	9317	140	94	46	1327	58	4	7
Olmedo	2008	8204	2334	363^b	–	–	2011	132	15	181
Fonni	2003	8919	0	895^b	–	–	316	193	6062	287
Seneghe	2008	33548	4150	1433	281	1152	8467	14350	1728	277
Bari Sardo^a	2013	15162	5948	5559	185	5374	103	2776	77	77
Lanusei	2008	4819	525	2102	1366	736	6	42	480	46
Villaverde	2008	3761	6	182^b	–	–	1075	69	201	71
S. Antioco	2008	17183	3286	6053	2361	3692	1759	4958	4	69

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