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Morphometric discrimination of two sympatric sibling species in the Palaearctic region, #Culicoides obsoletus# Meigen and C. #scoticus# Downes & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vectors of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses

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Kluiters G., Pagès N., Carpenter S., Gardes L., Guis H., Baylis M., Garros C.
2016

Background Some Palaearctic biting midge species (subgenus Avaritia) have been implicated as vectors of bluetongue virus in northern Europe. Separation of two species (C. obsoletus and C. scoticus) is considered difficult morphologically and, often, these female specimens are grouped in entomological studies. However, species-specific identification is desirable to understand their life history ...

Organismes nuisibles des animaux; Taxonomie et géographie animales

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