Habitat associations of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) abundant on a commercial cervid farm in Florida, USA

Table 1 Total emergence of adult Culicoides species from the three habitat types

Culicoides spp.^a	Stream		Seepage		Puddle		Total
Culicoides spp.^a	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Total
C. haematopotus^b	97	183	0	2	25	44	351
C. stellifer^c	0	10	6	6	50	44	116
C. loisae^b	15	18	2	5	6	1	47
C. venustus^d	0	0	4	2	12	8	26
C. insignis^e	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Total	112	212	12	16	93	97	542

^aSex-ratios of the emerged adults were not significantly different between Culicoides species or habitat types (P > 0.05)
^bThe emergence of C. haematopotus and C. loisae was significantly higher from stream sites than from the other two habitat types (P < 0.05)
^cThe emergence of C.stellifer was significantly higher from puddle sites than from the other two habitat types (P < 0.05)
^dThe emergence of C. venustus was not significantly different between puddle and seepage sites (P > 0.05)
^eThe emergence of C. insignis was too low to be included in statistical analyses

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