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Table 3 Species and abundance of Culicoides trapped at each zoo across the sampling sites

From: Culicoides species composition and molecular identification of host blood meals at two zoos in the UK

Species

London Zoo (% total)

Whipsnade Zoo (% total)

Total (% total)

C. obsoletus/C. scoticus (female)

3972 (68.9)

4173 (71.0)

8145 (69.9)

C. obsoletus (male)

24 (0.4)

72 (1.2)

96 (0.8)

C. scoticus (male)

28 (0.5)

57 (1.0)

85 (0.7)

C. dewulfi (total)

138 (2.4)

268 (4.6)

406 (3.5)

C. chiopterus (total)

105 (1.8)

92 (1.6)

197 (1.7)

C. pulicaris (total)

222 (3.9)

307 (5.2)

529 (4.5)

C. punctatus (total)

1152 (20.0)

91 (1.5)

1243 (10.7)

Other (total)

123 (2.1)

819 (13.9)

942 (8.1)

Damaged (unidentified)

4 (0.07)

1 (0.02)

5 (0.04)

Total

5768

5880

11,648