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culicoides (diptera: ceratopogonidae) species in southeastern nebraska.twenty-four species of culicoides were collected between april and september of 1986 from nemaha and richardson counties of southeastern nebraska using new jersey light traps and tree hole sampling. light trap samples were dominated by c. crepuscularis (42.4%), c. stellifer (29.6%), c. haematopotus (17.4%), c. variipennis (4.1%) and c. obsoletus (2.8%). culicoides guttipennis and c. villosipennis were the most common of the 9 tree hole species collected. new state records for nebraska were obtai ...19892708988
distribution of culicoides sonorensis (diptera: ceratopogonidae) in nebraska, south dakota, and north dakota: clarifying the epidemiology of bluetongue disease in the northern great plains region of the united states.the presence or absence of the biting midge culicoides sonorensis wirth & jones (diptera: ceratopogonidae), a primary vector of bluetongue viruses (genus orbivirus, family reoviridae, btv) in north america, was assessed on ranches and farms across the northern great plains region of the united states, specifically nebraska, south dakota, and north dakota, as part of a 2-yr regional study of btv exposure among cattle. blacklight/suction trap samples totaling 280 2-night intervals were taken at 14 ...201121661325
prevalence and potential vectors of haemoproteus in nebraska mouring doves.three hundred and nine mourning doves (zenaida macroura) from lancaster county, nebraska, were examined for species of haemoproteus. older doves possessed higher haemoproteus prevalences than younger doves. mean total prevalence for each dove age group was as follows: adults, 61% h. sacharovi and 83% h. maccallumi; immatures, 35% h. sacharovi and 42% h. maccallumi; and nestlings, 31% h. sacharovi and 16% h. maccallumi. yearly prevalences were less variable in mature doves than in immature and ne ...1975806709
tree hole culicoides (diptera: ceratopogonidae) of the central plains in the united states.three-hundred eleven tree holes were sampled for culicoides at 27 localities in colorado, kansas, nebraska, oklahoma and south dakota. of the 311 samples taken, 170 produced specimens, and 2,899 culicoides were collected including 12 species. the 5 most common species (number collected) were c. guttipennis (1,468), c. arboricola (355), c. paraensis (292), c. elemae (186) and c. footei (159). other species collected were c. villosipennis, c. nanus, c. hinmani, c. oklahomensis, c. snowi, c. lahill ...19911787409
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