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Table 1 Relative abundance of Culicoides species found in Jinjiang, Nixi and Xiaozhongdian, Yunnan Province, China

From: Potential vectors of bluetongue virus in high altitude areas of Yunnan Province, China

Town/village

Altitude (m)

Coordinates

Subgenus

Species

Relative abundance (%)

Xiaozhongdian

3300

27°30′36″N, 99°48′36″E

Avaritia

C. nielamensis

97.22 (105/108)

Avaritia

Culicoides sp. close to C. obsoletus

2.78 (3/108)

Nixi

2200

28°06′00″N, 99°25′12″E

Avaritia

C. nielamensis

49.53 (53/107)

Avaritia

C. tainanus and Culicoides sp. close to C. tainanusa

35.51 (38/107)

Avaritia

Culicoides sp. close to C. obsoletus

8.41 (9/107)

Culicoides

Culicoides sp. close to C. punctatus

1.87 (2/107)

Avaritia

Culicoides sp. close to C. tainanus

1.87 (2/107)

Avaritia

Culicoides sp. close to C. sinanoensis

0.93 (1/107)

Culicoides

Unknown

0.93 (1/107)

Unknown

Unknown

0.93 (1/107)

Jinjiang

1800

27°03′36″N, 100°04′12″E

Avaritia

C. tainanus and Culicoides sp. close to C. tainanusa

91.70 (542/591)

Avaritia

Culicoides sp. close to C. obsoletus

3.89 (23/591)

Avaritia

C. nielamensis

3.55 (21/591)

Hoffmania

Unknown

0.51 (3/591)

Hoffmania

Unknown

0.17 (1/591)

Unknown

Unknown

0.17 (1/591)

  1. aThese two species cannot easily be distinguished morphologically so accurate counts of each species were not made. Based on cox1 analyses, the ratio of C. tainanus and Culicoides sp. close to C. tainanus in these collections was 7:12