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. 2012 Oct 31;5:246. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-246

Table 3.

MALDI-TOF MS based species identification of 100 randomly selected Culicoides specimens from the 12 trapping sites1

Site
Culicoides species (no.) {no. confirmed by PCR}3 [%4]
(altitude2)
Morphological group
Unknown Genetic identification4 No identification5
  Obsoletus Pulicaris OtherCulicoides
Novazzano
C. obsoletus (84) {5}
C. grisescens II (1)
C. circumscriptus (4) {1}
0
0
(270)
C. scoticus (5)
C. pulicaris (1)
C. pallidicornis (4)
 
 
 
 
C. punctatus (1)
 
 
 
 
[91.4]
[1.9]
[6.7]
 
 
Dittingen
C. obsoletus (3)
C. lupicaris (2)
0
0
0
(360)
C. scoticus (95) {6}
 
 
 
 
 
[99.9]
[0.1]
[0]
 
 
Commugny
C. obsoletus (91) {6}
0
0
C. kibunensis (2)
3
(420)
C. scoticus (4)
 
 
 
 
 
[98.4]
[0]
[1.6]
 
 
Granges
C. obsoletus (88) {6}
C. grisescens II (1)
0
0
0
(500)
C. scoticus (9)
C. pulicaris (2)
 
 
 
 
[100]
[0]
[0]
 
 
Wädenswil
C. obsoletus (91) {5}
C. lupicaris (5) {1}
C. pallidicornis (1)
0
0
(620)
C. scoticus (2)
C. pulicaris (1)
 
 
 
 
[95]
[4.2]
[0.8]
 
 
Mühlethurnen
C. obsoletus(74) {4}
C. lupicaris (1)
0
C. segnis (1)
3
(670)
C. scoticus (19) {1}
 
 
 
 
 
C. dewulfi (2) {1}
 
 
 
 
 
[99.0]
[1.0]
[0]
 
 
Bennau
C. obsoletus (74) {4}
C. grisescens II (1) {1}
C. pallidicornis (1)
0
4
(810)
C. scoticus (11) {1}
C. lupicaris (9)
 
 
 
 
[92.1]
[5.6]
[2.2]
 
 
Château d’Oex
C. obsoletus (91) {6}
C. lupicaris (1)
0
C. newsteadi (1)
0
(940)
C. scoticus (3)
C. pulicaris (3)
 
 
 
 
 
C. punctatus (1)
 
 
 
 
[90.6]
[4.7]
[4.7]
 
 
Chaumont
C. obsoletus (12) {2}
C. lupicaris (1)
0
0
3
(1,110)
C. scoticus (75) {3}
C. pulicaris (1)
 
 
 
 
C. chiopterus (6)
C. punctatus (1)
 
 
 
 
C. dewulfi (1) {1}
 
 
 
 
 
[94.2]
[1.9]
[3.9]
 
 
Davos
C. obsoletus (5)
C. grisescens I (4) {1}
C. pallidicornis (1)
0
0
(1,560)
C. scoticus (2)
C. grisescens II (87) {5}
 
 
 
 
 
C. pulicaris (1)
 
 
 
 
[4.2]
[95.0]
[0.8]
 
 
Sils
C. obsoletus (4)
C. deltus (6) {1}
0
C. fascipennis (2)
0
(1,800)
C. scoticus (3)
C. grisescens I (5)
 
C. reconditus (1)
 
 
 
C. grisescens II (75) {5}
 
 
 
 
 
C. pulicaris (4)
 
 
 
 
[4.5]
[82.9]
[12.6]
 
 
Juf
 
C. grisescens I (51) {4}
0
C. fascipennis (3)
0
(2,130)
 
C. grisescens II (40) {2}
 
C. reconditus (2)
 
 
 
C. pulicaris (2)
 
C. segnis-like (2)6
 
  [1.5] [94] [4.5]    

1 Specimens randomly selected from a single catch from the high abundance season (August/September 2010), stored in 70% ethanol for more than 1 year and analysed using a database containing validated biomarker mass sets of 15 Culicoides species [27].

2 Meters above sea level.

3 PCR/sequencing [22] with 6 randomly chosen ( http://www.random.org) specimens/site. Species identification by comparison with GenBank entries (>99% identity).

4 Percentage of Culicoides morphologically classified as belonging to Obsoletus group, Pulicaris group or other Culicoides of the catch from which the specimens were selected for the MALDI-TOF MS analyses.

4 Identified by PCR/sequencing [22].

5 No species identification achievable due to poor quality mass spectra.

6 Best match: 96% identity (403/422) with GenBank entry HQ824509 (Ccxx segnis from Switzerland).