The North American Species of Culicoides12

Root, Francis Metcalf; Hoffman, William A.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a118291

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“…Good illustrations of the male genitalia are in Root and Hoffman (1937), Foote and Pratt (1954), Wirth and Jones (1957), and Jamnback (1965). Rowley and Cornford (1972) provided a scanning electron micrograph of the small shallow pit of the 3rd palpal segment of a male from Iowa.…”

Section: Culicoides Variipennis (Coquillett)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sympatry in theCulicoides variipennisComplex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): a Taxonomic Reassessment

Holbrook¹,

Tabachnick²,

Schmidtmann³

et al. 2000

J Med Entomol

117

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We report sympatry among larval populations of the Culicoides variipennis complex in widespread and diverse aquatic habitats throughout the United States. Six sites in California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas were co-inhabited by C. v. occidentalis and C. v. sonorensis, whereas 8 sites in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas were co-occupied by C. v. sonorensis and C. v. variipennis. No intermediate forms were identified either electrophoretically or morphologically in adults reared from field-collected larvae and pupae. The absence of intergrades in zones of sympatry represents sufficient evidence to confirm species status for Culicoides variipennis (Coquillett) and Culicoides occidentalis Wirth & Jones, and to elevate Culicoides sonorensis to species rank (NEW STATUS). Culicoides v. albertensis Wirth & Jones is a synonym of C. sonorensis (NEW SYNONYMY); C. v. australis Wirth & Jones also is confirmed as a synonym of C. sonorensis. We also demonstrated a correlation between population taxonomic status as determined by electrophoresis and adult morphology.

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Section: Culicoides Variipennis (Coquillett)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sympatry in theCulicoides variipennisComplex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): a Taxonomic Reassessment

Holbrook¹,

Tabachnick²,

Schmidtmann³

et al. 2000

J Med Entomol

117

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“…simulans Root andHoffman, 1937: 167 (preoccupied by Culicoides simulans Vimmer, 1932). USA (Maryland).…”

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Lasiohelea tianmushanaYu & Yang (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a New Species from Western Tianmu Mountain, Zhejiang, China

Tianci

YiXin

2017

Journal of Entomological Science

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“…2). C. chiopterus has been reported in many parts of the Holarctic region from Britain through Europe (Campbell and PelhamClinton 1960), Finland (Huldén 2006), Russia, Japan, and the USA (Root and Hoffman 1937). In Denmark and the south and middle part of Sweden, it is a common species distributed on many different localities, e.g., agricultural districts and deciduous forest (Nielsen et al 2010).…”

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Morphological and molecular identification of species of the Obsoletus group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Scandinavia

Nielsen

Kristensen

2011

Parasitol Res

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After the introduction of bluetongue in northern Europe in 2006, populations of Culicoides have been monitored in many European countries. Large quantities of Culicoides specimens shall be determined to species, and it is thus important to find reliable morphological characters that are visualized in a stereomicroscope. Culicoides obsoletus, Culicoides scoticus, Culicoides chiopterus, and Culicoides dewulfi all belonging to subgenus Avaritia are common in collections in northern Europe. C. obsoletus and C. scoticus often make up more than 50% of the total catch of biting midges. Separation of the females of the four species by morphological characters has frequently been questioned, and in many cases, female specimens are grouped as an entity in veterinary and ecological studies. We show how it is possible using a stereomicroscope to separate the females of the four species by combining the shape of the third segment of the maxillary palp and the number and location of hairs on the first abdominal tergit. Validation of the quick stereomicroscope identification method was achieved by morphometric measurements and a molecular marker. In all cases, both methods verified the quick morphological species identification of the Obsoletus group females. In conclusion, the females of all four species of the Obsoletus group can be separated by a quick morphological method under the stereomicroscope.

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The North American Species of Culicoides12

Cited by 19 publications

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Sympatry in theCulicoides variipennisComplex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): a Taxonomic Reassessment

Sympatry in theCulicoides variipennisComplex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): a Taxonomic Reassessment

Lasiohelea tianmushanaYu & Yang (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a New Species from Western Tianmu Mountain, Zhejiang, China

Morphological and molecular identification of species of the Obsoletus group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Scandinavia

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