The North American Culicoides of the Guttipennis Group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Wirth, Willis W.; Blanton, Franklin S.

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“…(). The exotic species included in the key were chosen because of their association with important livestock diseases elsewhere and are consequently regarded as posing a threat to Australian biosecurity (Dyce ; Wirth & Hubert ; Bellis & Dyce ). In cases where two or more species are not separable macroscopically, the couplet simply includes the names of all of these species.…”

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“…Identification of individual specimens of Culicoides is traditionally based on slide mounted material and examination of a range of characters, some of which require high magnification to be seen (e.g. Wirth & Hubert ). While some keys have been developed for use with unmounted specimens, for example Rawlings (), Boorman (), Goffredo and Meiswinkel () and Glukhova (), the vast majority of published identification keys continually refer the user to characters only visible under high magnification and are of limited use for specimens not mounted on slides.…”

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“…Elson‐Harris and Murray () provided keys to the pupae of 27 Australian species while Lee and Reye () provided a key to the adults of the 20 species known at that time. Monographs of the New Guinea (Tokunaga , , , ) and southeast Asian fauna (Wirth & Hubert ) included many species present in Australia but excluded many others which are not found in those regions. Similarly, the keys and diagnostic characters provided by Marks and Reye () are limited to the medically important species present in Qld and exclude the remaining fauna.…”

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Pictorial key to adult femaleCulicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) from theNorthernTerritory,WesternAustralia andSouthAustralia

Bellis¹,

Halling

Anderson³

2014

Austral Entomology

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An illustrated key to aid in separating adult females of the 64 species of Culicoides reported from the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia, and some important livestock pest species not present in these regions is presented. The key uses characters visible under a stereomicroscope and does not attempt to distinguish those species that are separable only on characters visible on slide-mounted specimens. C. asiana Bellis is proposed as a replacement name for C. asiatica Bellis.

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Pictorial key to adult femaleCulicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) from theNorthernTerritory,WesternAustralia andSouthAustralia

Bellis¹,

Halling

Anderson³

2014

Austral Entomology

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“…Nonculicid biting flies were identified to the lowest taxonomic unit possible. Identifications of Culicoides were made using Wirth and Blanton (1967), Atchley (1970), Battle and Turner (1971), Jones and Wirth (1977), Blanton and Wirth (1979), Wirth et al (1985), and Pappas and Pappas (1989) and confirmed by slide mounting voucher specimens of each species. Simuliidae were identified to species or species group via Adler et al (2004).…”

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Diversity and Abundance of Nonculicid Biting Flies (Diptera) In A Zoo Environment

Swanson

Kapaldo

Maki

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Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

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The diversity of nonculicid biting flies was surveyed in Sunset Zoo, Manhattan, KS, by carbon dioxide-baited traps. A total of 8,399 nonculicid biting-fly females representing 32 species and 5 families were collected. Twenty-one biting midge (Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides) and 7 black fly (Simuliidae) species were collected, including new state records of 3 Culicoides and 1 simuliid. The species richness of Culicoides and Simuliidae within the zoo represents 72.4% and 41.2%, respectively, of the fauna known to occur in Kansas. Trap type significantly influenced (P , 0.05) collections of the 5 species analyzed, and trapping period affected 3 species. The diversity and abundance of nonculicid biting flies in the zoo as related to animal health and wellness is discussed.

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“…The Culicoides fauna of the Oriental region has been the focus of an authoritative taxonomic review based on morphology [ 18 ]. Wirth & Hubert’s review [ 18 ], however, did not extend to a comprehensive review of the Culicoides fauna of the Indian subcontinent and the Culicoides fauna of India has only been subject to sporadic morphological studies, e.g. Das Gupta [ 19 , 20 ].…”

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DNA barcoding and surveillance sampling strategies for Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern India

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BackgroundCulicoides spp. biting midges transmit bluetongue virus (BTV), the aetiological agent of bluetongue (BT), an economically important disease of ruminants. In southern India, hyperendemic outbreaks of BT exert high cost to subsistence farmers in the region, impacting on sheep production. Effective Culicoides spp. monitoring methods coupled with accurate species identification can accelerate responses for minimising BT outbreaks. Here, we assessed the utility of sampling methods and DNA barcoding for detection and identification of Culicoides spp. in southern India, in order to provide an informed basis for future monitoring of their populations in the region.MethodsCulicoides spp. collected from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka were used to construct a framework for future morphological identification in surveillance, based on sequence comparison of the DNA barcode region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene and achieving quality standards defined by the Barcode of Life initiative. Pairwise catches of Culicoides spp. were compared in diversity and abundance between green (570 nm) and ultraviolet (UV) (390 nm) light emitting diode (LED) suction traps at a single site in Chennai, Tamil Nadu over 20 nights of sampling in November 2013.ResultsDNA barcode sequences of Culicoides spp. were mostly congruent both with existing DNA barcode data from other countries and with morphological identification of major vector species. However, sequence differences symptomatic of cryptic species diversity were present in some groups which require further investigation. While the diversity of species collected by the UV LED Center for Disease Control (CDC) trap did not significantly vary from that collected by the green LED CDC trap, the UV CDC significantly outperformed the green LED CDC trap with regard to the number of Culicoides individuals collected.ConclusionsMorphological identification of the majority of potential vector species of Culicoides spp. samples within southern India appears relatively robust; however, potential cryptic species diversity was present in some groups requiring further investigation. The UV LED CDC trap is recommended for surveillance of Culicoides in southern India.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1722-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The North American Culicoides of the Guttipennis Group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Cited by 8 publications

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Pictorial key to adult femaleCulicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) from theNorthernTerritory,WesternAustralia andSouthAustralia

Pictorial key to adult femaleCulicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) from theNorthernTerritory,WesternAustralia andSouthAustralia

Diversity and Abundance of Nonculicid Biting Flies (Diptera) In A Zoo Environment

DNA barcoding and surveillance sampling strategies for Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern India

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