Se brinda un listado de especies de ceratopogónidos presentes en el Sistema Serrano de Ventania, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se realizaron seis viajes de estudio y se relevaron nueve sitios de muestreo.
Pablo I. Marino +2 more
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The taxonomy of Brazilian insects vectors of transmissible diseases (1900-2000) - then and now
A brief historical overview is given of the most relevant taxonomic studies of insect groups vectors of transmissible diseases in Brazil, from the "heroic" times of the foundation of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro up to the present.
Nelson Papavero +1 more
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Study of the immature stages of two species of the biting midge genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) [PDF]
Pupa of Culicoides insignis Lutz, 1913, and larva and pupa of Culicoides bambusicola Lutz, 1913 are fully described. They are illustrated and photographed using binocular microscope, phase-contrast stereoscope at oil immersion and scanning electronic ...
Cazorla, Carla Gisela +2 more
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The pupal exuvia of Mallochohelea termophila (Spinelli) is redescribed, photographed and illustrated mainly based on the type-series. Pupae of the type-series were collected with forceps from a thermal stream and were attached to rocks about 200 m from ...
María M. Ronderos, Gustavo R. Spinelli
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Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project: Water Quality and Aquatic Wildlife Monitoring, 2005-6 [PDF]
In summer and fall 2004, the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) initiated the Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project. The project involved excavation of a dry remnant Arm of the lagoon and adjacent disused farmland to form a significant
Casagrande, Joel +3 more
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Insight on the larval habitat of Afrotropical Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Niayes area of Senegal, West Africa [PDF]
Background: Certain biting midges species of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of virus to livestock worldwide. Culicoides larval ecology has remained overlooked because of difficulties to identify breeding sites, methodological
Assane G. Fall +8 more
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Some New Records of Culicoides Species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Iran
Background: Biting midges of the genus Culicoides act as vectors for important diseases affecting humans and both wild and domestic animals. Collection of adult Culicoides specimens in the near vicinity of vertebrate hosts is the major part of any ...
Mohammad Abdigoudarzi
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Measuring between-farm variation in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) density, the vectors of bluetongue virus [PDF]
Culicoides midges are ubiquitous on farms in the UK, but little research has explored their abundance, an important determinant of disease risk. Models to explain and predict variation in their abundance are needed for effective targeting of control ...
Baylis, Matthew +6 more
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Background: Forcipomyia taiwana (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) allergy is Taiwan's most prevalent biting insect allergy. Our previous studies identified and cloned major F.
Mey-Fann Lee, PhD +4 more
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The Culicoides of the subgenus Avaritia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Palaearctic region: through unsuspected diversity with epidemiologic implications [PDF]
The biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are known vectors of pathogens especially Orbivirus of the Reoviridae family such as bluetongue, african horse sickness, epizootic hemorrhagic disease and more recently Schmallenberg ...
Balenghien, Thomas +5 more
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