Table 1.
Species/species group and numbers of female Culicoides and Simuliidae specimens and species composition tested for SBV including number of examined pools (in parentheses) and blood-fed individuals (in bold)
| Year | Culicoides | Determined as “Obsoletus complex” | Determined as “Pulicaris complex” | Specimens identified to species level | Identified species [numbers of specimens] | Simuliidae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4999 (218) 32 (12) |
4042 (105) 22 (6) |
952 (110) 5 (3) |
5 (3) 5 (3) |
C. achrayi Kettle & Lawson, 1955 [3]
C. circumscriptus Kieffer, 1918 [1] C. riethi Kieffer, 1914 [1] |
633 (37) 0 |
| 2012 | 5562 (334) 72 (22) |
5197 (265) 54 (9) |
327 (53) 5 (3) |
38 (16) 13 (10) |
C. achrayi Kettle & Lawson, 1955 [4]
C. clastrieri Callot, Kremer & Deduit, 1962 [2] C. grisescens Edwards, 1939 [19] C. impunctatus Goetghebuer, 1920 [1] C. newsteadi Austen, 1921 [5] C. picturatus Kremer & Deduit, 1961 [1] C. salinarius Kieffer, 1914 [1] C. segnis Campbell & Pelham-Clinton, 1960 [2] C. truncorum Edwards, 1939 [3] |
3 (2) 2 (1) |
| 2013 | 10,803 (385) 2006 (76) |
9836 (243) 1973 (62) |
858 (118) 21 (8) |
109 (24) 12 (6) |
C. achrayi Kettle & Lawson, 1955 [9]
C. grisescens Edwards, 1939 [7] C. impunctatus Goetghebuer, 1920 [5] C. newsteadi Austen, 1921 [85, 1] C. picturatus Kremer & Deduit, 1961 [1] C. vexans (Staeger), 1839 [2] C. obsoletus (Meigen), 1818 [1]a |
37 (9) 4 (2) |
| 2014 | 33 (8) 0 |
32 (7) 0 |
0 0 |
1 (1) 0 |
C. punctatus (Meigen), 1804 | 0 0 |
| Total | 21,397 (945) 2110 (110) |
19,107 (620) 2049 (77) |
2137 (281) 31 (14) |
153 (44) 30 (19) |
673 (48) 6 (3) |
aDescribed by Wernike et al. (2013)