Article
Phylogenetic relationships of the subgenus Avaritia Fox, 1955 including Culicoides obsoletus (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) in Italy based on internal transcribed spacer 2 ribosomal DNA sequences
2005-02-04
Abstract excerpt
Abstract. Biting midges of the genus Culicoides include vector species for orbiviral diseases, such as bluetongue and African horse sickness. Although the Afro‐Asiatic species C. imicola is the major vector of bluetongue in the Mediterranean basin, recent outbreaks in regions where C. imicola is absent has incriminated other Culicoides , including those belonging to the Obsoletus Complex of the subgenus Avaritia F...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 36609ca8-b487-515e-b94a-f5396cd1f939
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00286.x
