Table 1 Abundance and frequency of Culicoides species captured during the nationwide survey in Senegal

C. oxystoma ^b

369,618

1925.04

26.9

85.46

93 (96.88)

C. enderleini ^b

328,339

1710.09

23.89

86.79

92 (95.83)

C. imicola ^b

197,573

1029.02

14.38

86.95

92 (95.83)

C. miombo ^b

176,917

921.44

12.87

87.80

79 (82.29)

C. trifasciellus

147,917

770.40

10.76

97.76

54 (56.25)

C. milnei

30,784

160.33

2.24

94.55

38 (39.58)

C. neavei

29,958

156.03

2.18

96.91

27 (28.13)

C. kingi

16,706

87.01

1.21

79.82

41 (42.71)

C. moreli

14,978

78.01

1.09

85.69

54 (56.25)

C. leucostictus

7277

37.90

0.53

74.71

53 (55.21)

C. nevilli

6345

33.04

0.46

49.16

33 (34.38)

C. distinctipennis

5131

26.72

0.37

70.10

25 (26.04)

C. quinquelineatus

4783

24.91

0.34

91.26

21 (21.88)

C. bolitinos ^b

4460

23.23

0.13

83.97

55 (57.29)

C. nivosus

1894

9.86

0.09

83.54

34 (35.42)

C. fulvithorax

1366

7.11

0.08

97.91

17 (17.71)

C. pseudopallidipennis

1198

6.24

0.04

93.29

13 (13.54)

C. translucens

614

3.19

0.03

34.56

14 (14.58)

C. accraensis

504

2.62

0.03

58.86

19 (19.79)

C. hortensis

481

2.50

0.03

96.40

6 (6.25)

C. murtalai

481

2.50

0.01

100

2 (2.08)

C. similis

260

1.35

0.01

65.21

11 (11.46)

C. pycnostictus

228

1.18

< 0.01

94.60

4 (4.17)

C. africanus

91

0.47

< 0.01

100

4 (4.17)

C. austeni

78

0.40

< 0.01

100

2 (2.08)

C. azerbajdzhanicus/C. ravus

57

0.29

< 0.01

98.25

2 (2.08)

C. punctithorax

45

0.23

< 0.01

4.48

2 (2.08)

C. ochrothorax

42

0.21

< 0.01

100

1 (1.04)

C. yankari

32

0.16

< 0.01

100

1 (1.04)

C. exspectator

26

0.13

< 0.01

100

1 (1.04)

C. vomensis

18

0.09

< 0.01

100

2 (2.08)

C. robini

1

0.005

< 0.01

100

1 (1.04)

Culicoides sp.

25,729

134.00

1.81

73.27

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Total

1,373,929

7155.88

100

87.90

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