Development and validation of IIKC: an interactive identification key for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) females from the Western Palaearctic region

Mathieu, Bruno; Cêtre-Sossah, Catherine; Garros, Claire; Chavernac, David; Balenghien, Thomas; Carpenter, Simon; Setier-Rio, Marie-Laure; Vignes‐Lebbe, Régine; Ung, Visotheary; Candolfi, Ermanno; Delécolle, Jean-Claude

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-137

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Development and validation of IIKC: an interactive identification key for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) females from the Western Palaearctic region

Published in Parasites & Vectors • Jul 9, 2012

Authors:

Bruno Mathieu

Catherine Cêtre-Sossah

Claire Garros

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The appearance of bluetongue virus (BTV) in 2006 within northern Europe exposed a lack of expertise and resources available across this region to enable the accurate morphological identification of species of Culicoides Latreille biting midges, some of which are the major vec...

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Ceratopogonidae

Culicoides

Identification (biology)

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