Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 List of Culicoides species collected inside and outside the barns

From: Occurrence of putative Culicoides biting midge vectors (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) inside and outside barns in Germany and factors influencing their activity

Culicoides species^a	Inside barns^b	Outside barns^b
Obsoletus Group
C. chiopterus ♂	−	+
C. dewulfi ♂	+	+
C. obsoletus/C. scoticus	+	+
C. scoticus ♂	+	−
Pulicaris Complex
C. impunctatus ♀	−	+
C. pulicaris	+	+
C. punctatus	+	+
Other Culicoides
C. achrayi	+	+
C. albicans ♀	+	+
C. circumscriptus	+	+
C. duddingstoni ♀	−	+
C. fagineus	+	+
C. fascipennis ♀	−	+
C. festivipennis	+	+
C. griseidorsum ♀	−	+
C. kibunensis	−	+
C. nubeculosus	+	+
C. pallidicornis	−	+
C. pictipennis ♀	−	+
C. riethi	+	+
C. salinarius ♀	−	+
C. segnis	−	+
C. truncorum ♀	−	+
C. vexans ♀	+	+

^aSpecies within the groups are presented in alphabetical order. The morphologically determined specimens include both females and males, unless they are marked with ‘♀’ for females only or ‘♂’ for males only
^b‘+’ indicates that a species was captured; ‘−’ indicates that the species was not captured

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