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1 December 2016 An Annotated Checklist of Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Insecta: Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) with Incorporation of a Vector Species List from India
Emon Mukhopadhyay, Abhijit Mazumdar, S.N. Joardar, Goutam K. Saha, Dhriti Banerjee
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Abstract

Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) are small nematocerous biological vectors of a wide range of pathogens of veterinary and medical importance. They are distributed worldwide but prefer warm, damp, and muddy areas. Female midges require blood for egg maturation. Studies on taxonomy, proper identification keys, and distribution patterns of these flies across different geographical regions of India of these flies are limited. This article provides an updated checklist of Culicoides spp. from India collected from various scattered publications, along with their synonyms and details on their subgenera, geographical distribution, and type locality. A compiled list of different Culicoides vectors from India has also been included separately in this article, along with the type of the diseases spread.

Emon Mukhopadhyay, Abhijit Mazumdar, S.N. Joardar, Goutam K. Saha, and Dhriti Banerjee "An Annotated Checklist of Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Insecta: Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) with Incorporation of a Vector Species List from India," Journal of Vector Ecology 41(2), 279-284, (1 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12223
Received: 13 July 2016; Accepted: 1 August 2016; Published: 1 December 2016
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