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Differentiation ofCulicoides obsoletusandCulicoides scoticus(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I
1 Nov 2005
Abstract excerpt
Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen) and Culicoides scoticus Downes & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are sibling species of the Obsoletus group. This group comprises species of biting midges that are suspect vectors of bluetongue virus (family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus, BTV) and African horse sickness virus (family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus, AHSV). BTV and AHSV have been isolated several times from females of...
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