Culicoides species community composition and feeding preferences in two aquatic ecosystems in northern Spain

González, Mikel A.; Goiri, Fátima; Prosser, Sean W. J.; Cevidanes, Aitor; Hernández-Triana, Luis M.; Barandika, Jesús F.; Hebert, Paul D. N.; García-Pérez, Ana L.

doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05297-5

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Culicoides biting midges collected at two aquatic ecosystems in northern Spain with CO₂-baited CDC-traps between 2018 and 2019

From: Culicoides species community composition and feeding preferences in two aquatic ecosystems in northern Spain

Culicoides species	CDC CO₂-baited traps
	Salburua				Urdaibai				Total
	♂	♀	♂♀	%	♂	♀	♂♀	%	♂♀	%^a
C. alazanicus Dzhafarov, 1961	22	952	974	25.8	11	251	262	22.3	1236	25.0
C. griseidorsum Kieffer, 1818	20	960	980	26.0	4	23	27	2.3	1007	20.4
C. poperinghensis Goetghebuer, 1953	24	766	790	20.9	2	13	15	1.3	805	16.3
C. kibunensis Tukunaga, 1937	9	390	399	10.6	4	127	131	11.2	530	11.7
C. clastrieri Callot, Kremer & Debuit, 1962	0	163	163	4.3	26	290	316	27.0	479	9.7
C. festivipennis Kieffer, 1914	46	254	300	8.0	2	34	36	3.1	336	6.8
C. punctatus (Meigen, 1804)	4	57	61	1.6	7	158	165	14.1	226	4.6
C. newsteadi Austen, 1921	1	0	1	< 0.1	5	54	59	5.0	60	1.2
C. obsoletus (Meigen, 1818)/C. scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952^b	0	20	20	0.5	6	34	40	3.4	60	1.2
C. lupicaris Downes & Kettle, 1952	0	9	9	0.2	1	28	29	2.5	38	0.8
C. maritimus Kieffer, 1924	0	0	0	0	5	31	36	3.1	36	0.7
C. pictipennis (Staeger, 1839)	13	20	33	0.9	2	0	2	0.2	35	0.7
C. duddingstoni Kettle & Lawson, 1951	0	11	11	0.3	0	5	5	0.4	16	0.3
C. circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918	0	2	2	< 0.1	0	8	8	0.7	10	0.2
C. albicans (Winnertz, 1852)^c	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0.8	9	0.2
C. pallidicornis Kieffer, 1919	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0.8	9	0.2
C. pulicaris (Linnaeus, 1758)	0	2	2	< 0.1	1	6	7	0.6	9	0.2
C. puncticollis (Becker, 1903)^c	0	8	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	8	0.2
C. albihalteratus Goetghebuer, 1935	2	1	3	< 0.1	1	3	4	0.3	7	0.1
C. achrayi Kettle & Lawson, 1955	0	2	2	0.1	1	3	4	0.3	6	0.1
C. vexans (Staeger, 1839)	0	6	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	6	0.1
C. fascipennis (Staeger, 1839)	0	4	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	4	< 0.1
C. cataneii Clastrier, 1957	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	2	< 0.1
C. dewulfi Goetghebuer, 1936	0	2	2	< 0.1	0	0	0	0	2	< 0.1
C. gejgelensis Dzhafarov, 1964	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	2	< 0.1
C. parroti Kieffer, 1922	0	2	2	< 0.1	0	0	0	0	2	< 0.1
C. picturatus Kremer & Debuit, 1961	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	< 0.1
Not identified	0	1	1	< 0.1	1	1	2	0.2	3	0.1
Total	140	3633	3773		80	1092	1172		4945
S^d			22				23		28

All identifications were based on morphometric analysis
^aThe percentage of each species in the total catch
^bBased on males, C. obsoletus accounted for five specimens (83.3%) and C. scoticus for one specimen (16.7%)
^cFirst record for the Basque Country
^d Species richness

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