Table 2.

Species of Culicoides, sorted according to their abundance (number and percentage) and gender, on ten Irish farms collected in the south of the Republic of Ireland during part of the 2014 vector-active season (July-November)

Culicoides (C.) species	Female		Male			Total		No. of farms with species confirmed
	n	%	n	%		n	%
C. obsoletus/C. scoticus	8103	89	1004a	11		9107	38	10
C. dewulfi	6755	78	1928	22		8683	36	10
C. pulicaris	1879	85	325	15		2204	9	10
C. punctatus	1056	94	67	6		1123	5	10
C. chiopterus	781	72	305	28		1086	5	10
Sub-total (vector species)	18,574	84	3629	16		22,203	93
C. achrayi	1003	82	220	18		1223	5	10
C. festivipennis	175	83	35	17		210	< 1	9
C. impunctatus	88	88	12	12		100	< 1	8
C. nubeculosus	31	70	13	30		44	< 1	5
C. circumscriptus	35	90	4	10		39	< 1	7
C. salinarius	13	81	3	19		16	< 1	5
C. fascipennis	5	83	1	17		6	< 1	3
C. delta	3	75	1	25		4	< 1	3
C. cameroni	3	100	0	0		3	< 1	1
C. brunnicans	2	100	0	0		2	< 1	2
C. newsteadi	1	100	0	0		1	< 1	1
C. riethi	1	100	0	0		1	< 1	1
C. stigma	1	100	0	0		1	< 1	1
C. reconditus	1	100	0	0		1	< 1	1
Sub-total (other Culicoides spp.)	1362	82	289	18		1651	7
Total	19,936	84	3918	16		23,854b	100

^a690 Culicoides obsoletus and 314 Culicoides scoticus males

^b75 unidentifiable Culicoides (74 females and 1 male) not included in the table