Table 2.
Abundance of collected Culicoides biting midges and the presence of Haemoproteus and Plasmodium parasites in insects obtained from nest boxes at the Neris Regional Park and at the Biological Station Rybachy
| Species of biting midge | Neris Regional Park | Biological Station Rybachy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2012 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||
| N* | P* (genetic lineage) | N* | P* (genetic lineage) | N* | P* (genetic lineage) | N* | P* (genetic lineage) | |
| Culicoides festivipennis | 19 | 4 | ||||||
| C. impunctatus | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| C. kibunensis | 66 | 2 (pSW2, pSGS1) | 11 | 1 (hRB1) | 17 | 7 | ||
| Obsoletus Complex | 12 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| C. pictipennis | 7 | 8 | 59 | 5 (hTUPHI01) | 3 | |||
| C. reconditus | 1 | 14 | 1 (pSGS1) | 2 | ||||
| C. segnis | 2 | 1 (hCWT4) | 24 | 2 (hSISKIN1, hTURDUS2) | 2 | |||
| C. subfascipennis | 2 | |||||||
| C. sphagnumensis | 2 | |||||||
| C. punctatus | 1 | 1 (hTURDUS2) | ||||||
| C. pallidicornis | 1 | |||||||
| Culicoides sp. | 17 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 127 | 3 | 64 | 5 | 79 | 5 | 23 | 0 |
N* number of collected biting midges
P* number of biting midges positive for Haemoproteus and Plasmodium parasites