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Table 2 Relative abundance of Culicoides species at the three collection sites in southern Yunnan Province, China

From: Detection of bluetongue virus in Culicoides spp. in southern Yunnan Province, China

Location (collection time or animal)

Dominant species

No. of collected Culicoides a

Most dominant

Second most dominant

Third most dominant

Jinghong (Jul)

C. oxystoma (95.2%)

Trithecoides (2.4%)

C. innoxius (1.4%)

842/5000

Jinghong (Nov)

C. oxystoma (52.4%)

Trithecoides (20.1%)

C. jacobsoni (13.9%)

288/300

Jiangcheng

Trithecoides (92.5%)

C. spiculae (4.1%)

C. tainanus (2.0%)

1222/55,000

Yuanyang (cattle)

C. oxystoma (42.5%)

C. jacobsoni (27.7%)

C. arakawai (7.6%)

232/3600

Yuanyang (goats)

C. imicola (42.1%)

C. innoxius (20.7%)

C. arakawai (14.7%)

287/3, 400

Total

Trithecoides (76.8%)

C. oxystoma (10.1%)

C. spiculae (3.3%)

2871/67,000

  1. Trithecoides in table refers to species belonging to C. subgenus Trithecoides complex with yellow scutum, which includes C. flavescens, C. fordae, C. palpifer and one other, probably undescribed species
  2. aNumbers shown are the number of specimens sorted compared to the total estimated to be present in each collection