| differentiation of culicoides obsoletus and culicoides scoticus (diptera: ceratopogonidae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit i. | culicoides obsoletus (meigen) and culicoides scoticus downes & kettle (diptera: ceratopogonidae) are sibling species of the obsoletus group. this group comprises species of biting midges that are suspect vectors of bluetongue virus (family reoviridae, genus orbivirus, btv) and african horse sickness virus (family reoviridae, genus orbivirus, ahsv). btv and ahsv have been isolated several times from females of this group, although it has not been possible to determine the particular species harbo ... | 2005 | 16465744 |