| high susceptibility of the laboratory-reared biting midges culicoides nubeculosus to haemoproteus infections, with review on culicoides species that transmit avian haemoproteids. | haemosporidian parasites belonging to haemoproteus cause avian diseases, however, vectors remain unidentified for the majority of described species. we used the laboratory-reared biting midges culicoides nubeculosus to determine if the sporogonic development of three widespread haemoproteus parasites completes in this insect. the midges were reared and fed on one common blackbird, white wagtail and thrush nightingale naturally infected with haemoproteus minutus, haemoproteus motacillae and haemo ... | 2019 | 30176948 |