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First detection of Wolbachia-infected Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Europe: Wolbachia and Cardinium infection across Culicoides communities revealed in Spain

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) transmit pathogens that cause important diseases. No effective technique has been found to properly control either Culicoides spp.
Nonito Pagès, Francesc Muñoz-Muñoz, Marta Verdún, Núria Pujol, Sandra Talavera   +4 more
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Conspecific cueing or cooperative feeding?—Foraging stable flies are visually attracted to conspecific flies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
In two‐choice laboratory bioassays, food‐deprived and CO2‐stimulated stable flies were offered paired landing platforms that were baited or not (control) with conspecific flies. The presence of conspecifics prompted the attraction and landing of foraging stable flies.
Emmanuel Hung, Justin Wong, Augustus Negraeff, Anya Gould, Gerhard Gries   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geo-statistical analysis of Culicoides spp. distribution and abundance in Sicily, Italy

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Biting midges belonging to Culicoides imicola, Culicoides obsoletus complex and Culicoides pulicaris complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are increasingly implicated as vectors of bluetongue virus in Palaearctic regions.
Valeria Blanda, Marcellocalogero Blanda, Francesco La Russa, Rossella Scimeca, Salvatore Scimeca, Rosalia D’Agostino, Michelangelo Auteri, Alessandra Torina   +7 more
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New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) [PDF]

, 2012
We provide the first records of six species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the genus Culicoides Latreille from Mexico: C. baueri Hoffman, C. castillae Fox, C. debilipalpis Lutz, C. iriartei Fox, C. leoni Barbosa and C. pusilloides Wirth
Castrejón, M. Rodríguez, Grogan Jr. , William L, Huerta, Herón, Ibánez-Bernal, Sergio   +3 more
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Seroprevalence of bluetongue serotype 8 in cattle in the Netherlands in spring 2007, and its consequences [PDF]

, 2008
A cross-sectional study was carried out in spring 2007, at the end of the first bluetongue outbreak season, to determine the geographical spread of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) infection in cattle in the Netherlands and the consequences for some ...
Berends, I.M.G.A., Elbers, A.R.W., Langen, H., Schaik, G., van, Vellema, P.   +4 more
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Searching for potential Culicoides vectors of four orbiviruses in Yunnan Province, China

Parasites & Vectors
Background Some species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) are major vectors for arboviruses, and Yunnan Province is a key area for arbovirus prevalence in China.
Zhan Hong Li, Yi Nan Wang, Jia Ming Deng, Le Li, Lian Jiang Yang, Xinq Qiang Chen, Wen Hua Wang, Fu You Lu, Zhong Jie Tang, Dong Mei Wang, Ying Liang Duan   +10 more
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Virus and host factors affecting the clinical outcome of bluetongue virus infection [PDF]

, 2014
Bluetongue is a major infectious disease of ruminants caused by bluetongue virus (BTV), an arbovirus transmitted by Culicoides. Here, we assessed virus and host factors influencing the clinical outcome of BTV infection using a single experimental ...
Caporale, Marco, Di Gialleonorado, Luigina, Di Ventura, Mauro, Janowicz, Anna, Mertens, Peter, Palmarini, Massimo, Savini, Giovanni, Shaw, Andrew, Van Rijn, Piet A., Wilkie, Gavin   +9 more
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On the Limits of Alpine Plants: A Systematic Review of the Factors Behind Species' Elevational Range Limits

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
This systematic review of 107 studies on the factors behind the elevational range limits of alpine vascular plants shows a persistent emphasis on upper limits and abiotic factors, especially temperature, while work at lower limits is more evenly distributed across water availability, plant–plant interactions, and selection/local adaptation.
Sophie E. Weides, John‐Arvid Grytnes, Stefan Dullinger, Jonathan Lenoir, L. Camila Pacheco‐Riaño, John R. Pannell, Sonja Wipf, Sabine B. Rumpf   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Belize, Central America [PDF]

, 1999
The Culicoides fauna of Belize is poorly known, and until 197 4 only 3 species were recorded. Nineteen species of Culicoides from Belize were identified from six collection sites: C. barbosai Wirth & Blanton, C. crepuscularis Malloch, C.
Brickle, Deborah S., Hagan, Daniel V.
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Pests for Dinner: Dietary Composition of Insectivorous Bats in a Fragmented Tropical Dry Forest

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
Insectivorous bats are key predators of a wide array of arthropods, including species that act as disease vectors and pests, yet such ecological roles remain poorly studied in tropical regions. In this study, we aimed to describe the diet of five insectivorous bat species from the genera Balantiopteryx, Myotis, Mormoops, and Pteronotus inhabiting a ...
Mónica Izquierdo‐Suzán, Cárol Sierra‐Durán, Santiago Perea, Colton D. Meinecke, Rodrigo A. Medellín   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source