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Look up! Stratification and vertical approach to auditory prey cues in frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae) are tropical, blood-sucking micro-predators of frogs that locate their prey by eavesdropping on anuran mating calls.
Thomas Eltz, Thomas Eltz, Hannah Luisa Kimm, Roger Böddicker, Maximilian Sigl, Rudolf Meier, Rudolf Meier, Jonas Virgo   +7 more
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Widespread Detection of Amphibian Pathogens in Frog‐Biting Midges (Corethrellidae): Implications for Xenosurveillance

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
Amphibian populations worldwide face threats from emerging infectious diseases. We screened frog‐biting midges (Corethrella spp.) from Central and South America for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Ranaviruses, and Trypanosoma spp. using qPCR. All three pathogens were detected, indicating that Corethrella may act as vectors and represent promising tools
Jonas Virgo, Maximilian Sigl, Thomas Eltz, Maximilian Schweinsberg   +3 more
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Geographic Variation in the Diet of Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Chicks Reflects Local Prey Communities

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To describe and compare the diets of an Arctic‐breeding shorebird, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus), across three geographically distinct breeding sites. We aimed to document the dietary patterns and identify key prey groups that characterise each population's foraging ecology.
Reinier Blok, Mikhail K. Zhemchuzhnikov, Tim Oortwijn, Jannik Hansen, James A. Johnson, Niels Martin Schmidt, Judith D. L. van Bleijswijk, Elena Zhemchuzhnikova, Thomas K. Lameris, Jeroen Reneerkens, Tom Versluijs, Zachary M. Pohlen, Jan A. van Gils   +12 more
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Culicoides species involved in the BTV‐3 epidemic, the Netherlands, 2023–2024

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 111-122, March 2026.
A high amount of Culicoides‐midges were captured using Onderstepoort light traps on farms with animals infected with bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV‐3) at the beginning of the outbreak in 2023. Species, sex and parity of the captured Culicoides‐midges were morphologically determined and gravid and parous Culicoides‐midges have been selected and pooled for ...
Mathilde Uiterwijk, Frans Jacobs, Karst de Boer, Arno‐Jan Feddema, Rianka P. M. Vloet, Marian Dik, José L. Gonzales, Piet A. van Rijn, Armin R. W. Elbers, Melle Holwerda   +9 more
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Exploring the diversity of blood-sucking Diptera in caves of Central Africa

Scientific Reports, 2017
Caves house pathogenic microorganisms, some of which are transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. In Africa, previous studies identified mosquitoes, sand flies and biting midges as the main potential vectors of cave-dwelling pathogens.
Judicaël Obame-Nkoghe, Nil Rahola, Diego Ayala, Patrick Yangari, Davy Jiolle, Xavier Allene, Mathieu Bourgarel, Gael Darren Maganga, Nicolas Berthet, Eric-Maurice Leroy, Christophe Paupy   +10 more
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Vertical Distribution of Culicoides Biting Midges in Temperate Forests

Diversity
Culicoides biting midges are small dipterous insects known as biological vectors of arboviruses, protozoa, and filaria parasites worldwide. Many studies on Culicoides focus on trapping them at ground level, without considering the best trap heights for ...
Rasa Bernotienė, Rimgaudas Treinys, Dovilė Bukauskaitė   +2 more
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Vectors of vector-borne viral diseases of animals

Аграрная наука Евро-Северо-Востока, 2018
The article reviews the data of Russian and foreign literature sources concerning the spread of vector-born animal infectious diseases such as lumpy skin disease (LSD), Rift Valley fever (RVF), bluetongue.
O. A. Burova, A. A. Blokhin, O. I. Zakharova, E. A. Liskova, I. V. Yashin, N. A. Gladkova   +5 more
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Long‐term shifts in the seasonal abundance of adult Culicoides biting midges and their impact on potential arbovirus outbreaks

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019
Surveillance of adult Culicoides biting midge flight activity is used as an applied ecological method to guide the management of arbovirus incursions on livestock production in Europe and Australia. To date the impact of changes in the phenology of adult
C. Sanders, C. Shortall, M. England, R. Harrington, B. Purse, L. Burgin, S. Carpenter, S. Gubbins   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Blood meal analysis of culicoides (Diptera: ceratopogonidae) in central Tunisia.

PLoS ONE, 2015
To evaluate the host preferences of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Central Tunisia, we identified the source of blood meals of field collected specimens by sequencing of the cytochrome b (cyt b) mitochondrial locus and Prepronociceptine
Darine Slama, Najoua Haouas, Habib Mezhoud, Hamouda Babba, Emna Chaker   +4 more
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Investigation of RNA Viruses in Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in a Mining Complex in the Southeastern Region of the Brazilian Amazon

Viruses
The biting midges Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is highly relevant to epidemiology and public health, as it includes species that are potential vectors of human and animal arboviruses.
Sâmia Luzia Sena da Silva, Sandro Patroca da Silva, Carine Fortes Aragão, Inocêncio de Sousa Gorayeb, Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz, Daniel Damous Dias, Bruna Laís Sena do Nascimento, Jannifer Oliveira Chiang, Lívia Medeiros Neves Casseb, Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto, Lívia Carício Martins, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos   +11 more
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