First record of Culicoides oxystoma Kieffer and diversity of species within the Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges in Senegal.

First record of Culicoides oxystoma Kieffer and diversity of species within the Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges in Senegal.

The Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is distributed throughout Africa to northern Asia and Australasia and includes several potential vector species of livestock pathogens. The taxonomy of the species belonging to this species group is confounded by the wide geograp...

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Main Authors: Mame T Bakhoum, Moussa Fall, Assane G Fall, Glenn A Bellis, Yuval Gottlieb, Karien Labuschagne, Gert J Venter, Mariame Diop, Iba Mall, Momar T Seck, Xavier Allène, Maryam Diarra, Laëtitia Gardès, Jérémy Bouyer, Jean-Claude Delécolle, Thomas Balenghien, Claire Garros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3875552?pdf=render

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