Table 2. Abundance of collected Culicoides biting midges and the presence of Haemoproteus and Plasmodium parasites in insects obtained from nest boxes at the Neris Regional Park and at the Biological Station Rybachy

Culicoides festivipennis

19

4

C. impunctatus

1

1

5

C. kibunensis

66

2 (pSW2, pSGS1)

11

1 (hRB1)

17

7

Obsoletus Complex

12

3

1

C. pictipennis

7

8

59

5 (hTUPHI01)

3

C. reconditus

1

14

1 (pSGS1)

2

C. segnis

2

1 (hCWT4)

24

2 (hSISKIN1, hTURDUS2)

2

C. subfascipennis

2

C. sphagnumensis

2

C. punctatus

1

1 (hTURDUS2)

C. pallidicornis

1

Culicoides sp.

17

1

Total

127

3

64

5

79

5

23

0