| afrotropical culicoides: c. (avaritia) loxodontis sp. nov., a new member of the imicola group (diptera: ceratopogonidae) associated with the african elephant in the kruger national park, south africa. | culicoides (avaritia) loxodontis sp. nov., is described and illustrated from both sexes collected in south africa. it is the 5th species of the imicola group of the subgenus avaritia to be described from the afrotropical region, and is presently known only from the kruger national park where it has been collected in light-traps and reared from the dung of the african elephant (loxodonta africana) on various occasions. a number of character states, and statistical analyses of antennal and palpal ... | 1992 | 1513595 |
| comparative descriptions of the pupae of five species of the culicoides imicola complex (diptera, ceratopogonidae) from south africa. | the viruses causing the economically important livestock diseases of african horse sickness (ahs) and bluetongue (bt) are transmitted by biting midges of the genus culicoides (diptera, ceratopogonidae). in the old world the most important vectors of these diseases are culicoides imicola kieffer, 1913, culicoides brevitarsis kieffer, 1917 and culicoides bolitinos meiswinkel, 1989. all three of these vectors belong to the imicola complex of the subgenus avaritia fox, 1955. this species complex now ... | 2007 | 17883197 |
| description and comparison of the pupae of a further two culicoides (avaritia) species from the dung of large herbivores in south africa (diptera:ceratopogonidae). | in 2007 nevill, venter, meiswinkel & nevill demonstrated that the pupae of five culicoides species belonging to the imicola complex of the subgenus avaritia could readily be differentiated from one another using various morphological characters. three of the described species, culicoides bolitinos meiswinkel 1989; culicoides loxodontis meiswinkel 1992 and culicoides sp. # 107 (= c. kwagga, meiswinkel, unpublished thesis 1995), were reared from the dung of large herbivores, which included buffalo ... | 2009 | 21105594 |
| comparison of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and molecular biology techniques for identification of culicoides (diptera: ceratopogonidae) biting midges in senegal. | biting midges of the genus culicoides are implicated as vectors for a wide variety of pathogens. the morphological identification of these arthropods may be difficult because of a lack of detailed investigation of taxonomy for this species in africa. however, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (maldi-tof ms) profiling is efficient for arthropod identification at the species level. this study established a spectrum database of culicoides spp. from senegal ... | 2014 | 25411169 |
| seasonal dynamics of culicoides (diptera: ceratopogonidae) biting midges, potential vectors of african horse sickness and bluetongue viruses in the niayes area of senegal. | the african horse sickness epizootic in senegal in 2007 caused considerable mortality in the equine population and hence major economic losses. the vectors involved in the transmission of this arbovirus have never been studied specifically in senegal. this first study of the spatial and temporal dynamics of the culicoides (diptera: ceratopogonidae) species, potential vectors of african horse sickness in senegal, was conducted at five sites (mbao, parc hann, niague, pout and thies) in the niayes ... | 2014 | 24690198 |
| the occurrence of culicoides species, the vectors of arboviruses, at selected trap sites in zimbabwe. | a study of the distribution of culicoides species was conducted by establishing 12 light trap sites over five rainy seasons between 1998 and 2003 covering all the geo-climatic natural regions of zimbabwe. in total, 279 919 specimens of culicoides were trapped over a total of 163 trapping nights. the highest median counts of culicoides per trapping night were recorded in natural region iii, which has climatic conditions conducive to the successful development of the larvae. culicoides imicola, th ... | 2015 | 26244678 |
| the occurrence of <i>culicoides</i> species, the vectors of arboviruses, at selected trap sites in zimbabwe. | a study of the distribution of culicoides species was conducted by establishing 12 light trap sites over five rainy seasons between 1998 and 2003 covering all the geo-climatic natural regions of zimbabwe. in total, 279 919 specimens of culicoides were trapped over a total of 163 trapping nights. the highest median counts of culicoides per trapping night were recorded in natural region iii, which has climatic conditions conducive to the successful development of the larvae. culicoides imicola, th ... | 2015 | 28235258 |