| monitoring of ceratopogonidae in southwest germany. | within the entomological monitoring program of the german federal ministry of food, agriculture, and user protection (bmelv), at 12 cattle farms in rhineland-palatinate and two in saarland, ultraviolet lamp traps were used to monitor the distribution and seasonal appearance of potential vectors of the bluetongue virus, with special consideration of species of culicoides. using the traps during the first seven nights of each month from april 2007 to may 2008, 5,000-120,000 ceratopogonids were cau ... | 2009 | 19340458 |