Article
The tree that hides the forest: cryptic diversity and phylogenetic relationships in the Palaearctic vector Obsoletus/Scoticus Complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) at the European level.
Parasites & vectors - 20 May 2020
Mignotte Antoine, Garros Claire, Gardès Laetitia, Balenghien Thomas, Duhayon Maxime, Rakotoarivony Ignace, Tabourin Laura, Poujol Léa, Mathieu Bruno, Ibañez-Justicia Adolfo, Deniz Ahmet, Cvetkovikj Aleksandar, Purse Bethan V, Ramilo David W, Stougiou Despoina, Werner Doreen, Pudar Dubravka, Petrić Dušan, Veronesi Eva, Jacobs Frans, Kampen Helge, Pereira da Fonseca Isabel, Lucientes Javier, Navarro Javier, de la Puente Josue Martinez, Stefanovska Jovana, Searle Kate R, Khallaayoune Khalid, Culverwell C Lorna, Larska Magdalena, Bourquia Maria, Goffredo Maria, Bisia Marina, England Marion, Robin Matthew, Quaglia Michela, Miranda-Chueca Miguel Ángel, Bødker René, Estrada-Peña Rosa, Carpenter Simon, Tchakarova Simona, Boutsini Sofia, Sviland Ståle, Schäfer Stefanie M, Ozoliņa Zanda, Segliņa Zanda, Vatansever Zati, Huber Karine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Culicoides obsoletus is an abundant and widely distributed Holarctic biting midge species, involved in the transmission of bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV) to wild and domestic ruminants. Females of this vector species are often reported jointly with two morphologically very close species, C. scoticus and C. montanus, forming the Obsoletus/Scoticus Complex. Recently, cryptic...
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