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Table 2 Culicoides biting midges collected at two aquatic ecosystems in northern Spain with sweep nets between 2018 and 2019

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

Culicoides species

Sweep net

Salburua

Urdaibai

Totala

♂

♀

♂♀

%

♂

♀

♂♀

%

♂♀

%

C. albihalteratus

1

4

5

25.0

0

0

0

0

5

17.9

C. griseidorsum

1

4

5

25.0

0

0

0

0

5

17.9

C. obsoletus/C. scoticus

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

50.0

4

14.3

C. festivipennis

1

1

2

10.0

1

0

1

12.5

3

10.7

C. poperinghensis

0

3

3

15.0

0

0

0

0

3

10.7

C. alazanicus

0

2

2

10.0

0

0

0

0

2

7.1

C. puncticollisb

0

2

2

10.0

0

0

0

0

2

7.1

C. kibunensis

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

12.5

1

3.6

C. maritimus

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

12.5

1

3.6

C. pallidicornis

0

0

0

0.0

0

1

1

12.5

1

3.6

Not identified

0

1

1

5.0

0

0

0

0

1

3.6

Total

3

17

20

 

2

6

8

 

28

 

Sc

  

6

   

5

 

11

 
  1. All identifications were based on morphometric analysis
  2. aThe percentage of each species in the total catch
  3. bFirst record for the Basque Country region
  4. cSpecies richness