Culicoides bolitinos is an African species of bloodsucking fly that breeds in the dung of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), the blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), and cattle (Bosraces).[1] It is considered a possible vector for African horse sickness.[2] It is closely related to Culicoides imicola.
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| Species: | C. bolitinos Meiswinkel 1989
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References edit
- ^ Meiswinkel R (1989). "Afrotropical Culicoides: a redescription of C. (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with description of the closely allied C. (A.) bolitinos sp. nov. reared from the dung of the African buffalo, blue wildebeest and cattle in South Africa". Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 56 (1): 23–39. PMID 2726191.
- ^ Meiswinkel R, Baylis M, Labuschagne K (2000). "Stabling and the protection of horses from Culicoides bolitinos (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a recently identified vector of African horse sickness". Bull Entomol Res. 90 (6): 509–15. doi:10.1017/s0007485300000626. PMID 11107252.
Further reading edit
- Paweska, J. T.; Venter, G. J.; Hamblin, C. (2005). "A comparison of the susceptibility of Culicoides imicola and C. bolitinos to oral infection with eight serotypes of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus". Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 19 (2): 200–207. doi:10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00560.x. ISSN 0269-283X. PMID 15958026.
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