Table 3.
Current Irish Culicoides species list (n = 31) and species confirmed in the present study (n = 20), including one species recorded in Ireland for the first time
| Genus | Species | Authority | Confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culicoides (Avaritia) | chiopterus | Meigen, 1830 | ✓ |
| dewulfi | Goetghebuer, 1936 | ✓ | |
| obsoletus | Meigen, 1818 | ✓ | |
| scoticus | Downes & Kettle, 1952 | ✓ | |
| Culicoides (Beltranmyia) | circumscriptus | Kieffer, 1918 | ✓ |
| salinarius | Kieffer, 1914 | ✓ | |
| Culicoides (Culicoides) | delta | Edwards, 1939 | ✓ |
| grisescens | Edwards, 1939 | ||
| impunctatus | Goetghebuer, 1920 | ✓ | |
| newsteadi | Austen, 1921 | ✓ | |
| pulicaris | Linnaeus, 1758 | ✓ | |
| punctatus | Meigen, 1804 | ✓ | |
| Culicoides (Monoculicoides) | nubeculosus | Meigen, 1830 | ✓ |
| parroti | Kieffer, 1922 | ||
| riethi | Kieffer, 1914 | ✓ | |
| stigma | Meigen, 1818 | ✓ | |
| Culicoides (Oecacta) | |||
| sensu Szadziewski et al., 2016 | brunnicans | Edwards, 1939 | ✓ |
| vexans | Campbell & Pelham-Clinton, 1960 | ||
| duddingstoni | Kettle & Lawson, 1955 | ||
| festivipennis | Kieffer, 1914 | ✓ | |
| heliophilus | Edwards, 1921 | ||
| kibunensis | Tokunaga, 1937 | ||
| pictipennis | Staeger, 1839 | ||
| poperinghensis | Callot, Kremer & Paradis, 1962 | ||
| Unspecified | cameroni | Staeger, 1839 | ✓a |
| furcillatus | Goetghebuer, 1953 | ||
| reconditus | Campbell & Pelham-Clinton, 1960 | ✓ | |
| segnis | Campbell & Pelham-Clinton, 1960 | ||
| Culicoides (Silvaticulicoides) | achrayi | Kettle & Lawson, 1955 | ✓ |
| fascipennis | Staeger, 1839 | ✓ | |
| pallidicornis | Kieffer, 1919 | ||
aSpecies recorded for the first time in Ireland