Culicoides obsoletus

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Culicoides obsoletus
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Wings of several species of Culicoides, including C. obsoletus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Ceratopogonidae
Subgenus:
Avaritia

Culicoides obsoletus the name of a species (and a species group) of midges in the subgenus Avaritia. According to a molecular phylogeny,[1] Avaritia is monophyletic, and Culicoides obsoletus, and should be part of the Obsoletus complex whereas should be excluded from it.

The species group covers five closely related species:

  • Culicoides obsoletus

Sometimes, a reference can be made to the . This complex consists of three species, namely:

  • Culicoides obsoletus
  • Culicoides scoticus
  • Culicoides montanus

If reference is made only to , it means only

  • Culicoides obsoletus

Culicoides obsoletus is thought to be the main vector of the BTV8 outbreak in Northern Europe.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Augot, Denis; Mathieu, Bruno; Hadj-Henni, Leila; Barriel, Véronique; Zapata Mena, Sonia; Smolis, Sylvia; Slama, Darine; Randrianambinintsoa, Fano José; Trueba, Gabriel; Kaltenbach, Matthieu; Rahola, Nil; Depaquit, Jérôme (2017). "Molecular phylogeny of 42 species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from three continents". Parasite. 24: 23. doi:10.1051/parasite/2017020. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5482051. PMID 28643630. open access
  2. ^ Melhorn, Heinz (June 2007). "First occurrence of Culicoides obsoletus-transmitted Bluetongue virus epidemic in Central Europe". Parasitology Research. 101 (1): 219–228. doi:10.1007/s00436-007-0519-6.
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