| culicoides variipennis (diptera: ceratopogonidae) complex in virginia. | immature culicoides variipennis (coquillett) were sampled from aquatic habitats throughout virginia, reared to adults, and examined by isozyme electrophoresis to assess their taxonomic status. data from 22 counties showed that c. v. variipennis is widespread and common, the predominant taxon throughout virginia, and genetically similar to c. v. variipennis in maryland. because c. v. variipennis is considered an inefficient vector of the bluetongue viruses, this observation is consistent with the ... | 1998 | 9775615 |