Table 1 Number of Culicoides individuals (one-night collections) collected for the 18 sites. Thirteen sites were sampled from 3rd to 12th of April 2016, and 5 sites (YT1, YT2, YT10, YT28, YT30) from 20th to 27th of June 2016

C. trifasciellus

122

9396

6451.5

38,160

5491

693

759

63.5

1000

4235

15,201

3066

72,191

6

1

431

16

157,267 (83.96)

C. bolitinos

1

1140

153

4240

160

18

33.5

276

12

6

3982

14

198

44

3

15

10,280.5 (5.49)

C. enderleini

5316

76.5

747

4

5

13.5

104

117

47

6

735

1

11

3

14

7186 (3.84)

C. leucostictus

1

3480

365.5

293

139

413

12

70

168

712

81

51

271

2

14

6058.5 (3.23)

C. rhizophorensis

2687

93.5

27

20

4

1044

143

7

4018.5 (2.15)

C. moreli

870

240

47

3

1157 (0.62)

C. albopunctatus

34

1

2

12

348

3

6

400 (0.21)

C. imicola

116

27

2

116

1

3

2

11

8

278 (0.15)

C. distinctipennis

1

174

27

13

6.5

23

12

6

8

262.5 (0.14)

Undescribed species Culicoides sp. #50

42.5

27

1

2

23

13

116

1

2

9

227.5 (0.12)

C. subschultzei

8.5

6

12

39

2

5

67.5 (0.04)

C. milnei

39

1

39 (0.02)

C. accraensis

27

1

27 (0.01)

C. kibatiensis

26

1

26 (0.01)

C. similis

2

1

2

3 (<0.01)

C. dekeyseri

1

1

1 (<0.01)

C. nevilli

1

1

1 (<0.01)

Unidentified specimen

1

1

1 (<0.01)

Damaged specimen

1

1

1 (<0.01)

No. of species

5

9

8

9

3

5

6

6

10

6

7

6

9

2

5

9

3

6

Total

126

23,218

7225

43,788

5634

1306

796

207

1566

5111

15,423

3148

78,842

20

204

207

6

475

187,302