Identification of a new vector species of avian haemoproteids, with a description of methodology for the determination of natural vectors of haemosporidian parasites

Table 3 Occurrence of Haemoproteus parasites and their cytochrome b lineages in European Culicoides species using PCR-based diagnostics (this study) and in birds using both PCR-based diagnostics and microscopic examination (literature data). Reported biting midges were infected by parasites of corresponding lineages, which develop gametocytes only in birds of the corresponding genera

Culicoides spp.	Haemoproteus spp.	Haemoproteus spp. lineage	Bird genus^a	References
C. festivipennis	H. attenuatus	hROBIN1	Erithacus, Luscinia	[21, 29]
C. kibunensis	H. minutus	hTURDUS2	Turdus	[21, 42, 49, 53, 54]
	H. pallidus	hPFC1	Ficedula	[41, 42, 49, 53]
	H. tartakovskyi	hSISKIN1	Carduelis, Loxia	[29, 42, 49,50,51, 54, 55]
C. obsoletus	H. attenuatus	hROBIN1	Erithacus, Luscinia
	H. lani	hRB1	Lanius	[42, 50, 53]
	H. minutus	hTURDUS2	Turdus
	H. tartakovskyi	hSISKIN1	Carduelis, Loxia
C. pictipennis	H. minutus	hTUPHI01	Turdus	[54]
C. pictipennis	H. parabelopolskyi	hSYAT01	Sylvia	[41]
C. punctatus	H. majoris	hWW2	Acrocephalus, Parus, Phylloscopus, Sylvia	[41]
	H. minutus	hTURDUS2	Turdus
	H. pallidus	hPFC1	Coccothraustes
	H. tartakovskyi	hHAWF1	Coccothraustes	[49]
C. scoticus	H. balmorali	hLULU1	Luscinia	[53]
	H. minutus	hTURDUS2	Turdus
	H. tartakovskyi	hHAWF1	Coccothraustes
	H. tartakovskyi	hSISKIN1	Carduelis, Loxia

^aOnly genera whose species support complete development and show gametocytes of corresponding parasites in the blood are included

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