Culicoides Latreille in the sun: faunistic inventory of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Mayotte (Comoros Archipelago, Indian Ocean)

Table 3 Characterization of the epidemiological role of the species recorded in Mayotte based on [49, 50]

Species	Host-vector contact				Detection of viral genome	Detection of parasites	Vector competence in the laboratory
Species	Bovine	Equine	Sheep/goat	Other	Detection of viral genome	Detection of parasites	Vector competence in the laboratory
C. accraensis	+	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
C. albopunctatus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
C. bolitinos	+++	+++	+++	Unknown	BTV, AHSV, unidentified virus	Unknown	AHSV, BTV, EEV, EHDV
C. dekeyseri	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
C. distinctipennis	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Birds, humans	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
C. enderleini	+	+	+	Poultry	BTV	Unknown
C. imicola	+++	+++	+++		AHSV, Akabane virus, BTV, BEDV, EEV, Letsitele virus, Nyabira virus, Sabo virus, Shamonda virus, Simbu virus, unidentified virus	Unknown	AHSV, BTV, EEV, EHDV
C. kibatiensis	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
C. leucostictus	−	−	−	Birds, poultry	Unknown	Unknown	EHDV
C. milnei					Akabane virus, BTV	Unknown
C. moreli					Unknown	Unknown
C. nevilli	+	+	+	Poultry	EHDV	Unknown
C. rhizophorensis					Unknown	Unknown
C. similis					Unknown	Unknown
C. subschultzei					Unknown	Unknown
C. trifasciellus				Humans	Unknown	Onchocerca gutturosa

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