Culicoides (Avaritia) gornostaevae Mirzaeva, 1984 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) - a possible vector species of the Obsoletus group new to the European fauna

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Patrycja Dominiak²  Carsten Kirkeby¹ 

[1] National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Bülowsvej 27, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland

关键词: Europe;    New records;    Obsoletus group;    Culicoides;    Ceratopogonidae;    Diptera;   

Others  :  1149938
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-3305-7-445

 received in 2014-07-10, accepted in 2014-09-08,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Culicoides gornostaevae Mirzaeva, 1984, known previously only from Siberia, is a boreal species included into the Obsoletus group of Culicoides sg. Avaritia. Members of the subgenus can act as vectors of various diseases. In Europe they are involved in the transmission of the Schmallenberg virus and bluetongue virus.

Findings

Culicoides gornostaevae Mirzaeva, 1984 is reported for the first time in Europe with new country records from Norway, Poland and Sweden.

Conclusions

Culicoides gornostaevae Mirzaeva, 1984 has not been previously mentioned from Europe, even though there has been an extensive monitoring of Culicoides species during the last decades. Most probably this species has been notoriously overlooked in the materials, because of the problems with identification of the females of the subgenus Avaritia. Similar to other species of the Obsoletus group, C. gornostaevae should be regarded as a possible vector for Schmallenberg and bluetongue virus.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Kirkeby and Dominiak; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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