Update of the Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species checklist from Algeria with 10 new records

Parasites & Vectors

Thomas Balenghien¹  Thierry Baldet²  Maxime Duhayon³  Ignace Rakotoarivony³  Mounira Belkharchouche⁴  Bruno Mathieu⁵  Selima Berchi⁶ 

[1] ASTRE, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France;CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 10101, Rabat, Morocco;Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Unité Microbiologie, Immunologie et Maladies Contagieuses, 10100, Rabat, Morocco;ASTRE, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France;CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 97491, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France;CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398, Montpellier, France;ASTRE, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France;Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Taoufik Khaznadar, nouveau pôle universitaire Ali Mendjeli, B.P. E66, 25100, Constantine, Algérie;Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Ibn Khaldoun, B.P.75 Zaaroura, 1400, Tiaret, Algérie;Laboratoire de Biosystématique et Ecologie des Arthropodes, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Département de Biologie Animale, Université Frères Mentouri, 2500, Constantine 1, Algérie;CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398, Montpellier, France;Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologies Tropicales de Strasbourg (IPPTS), UR 7292, 3 Rue Koeberlé, 67000, Strasbourg, France;Laboratoire de Biosystématique et Ecologie des Arthropodes, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Département de Biologie Animale, Université Frères Mentouri, 2500, Constantine 1, Algérie;

关键词: Ceratopogonidae;    Culicoides;    New records;    Bluetongue;    Algeria;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13071-020-04335-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Culicoides fauna of Algeria has beenhistorically investigated, leading to the description of many new species by Kieffer in the 1920s, Clastrier in the 1950s or Callot in the 1960s and to a comprehensive inventory by Szadziewski in the 1980s. The emergence of bluetongue in the late 1990s enhanced Culicoides collections made in the country over the last two decades, but information remained mostly unpublished. The aim of this study is therefore to provide a comprehensive and updated checklist of Culicoides biting midge species in Algeria.MethodsThe literature (published and grey, in French and in English) from 1920 to date on Culicoides collections in Algeria was collected and analyzed in the light of the current taxonomic and systematic knowledge and methods. Fresh Culicoides material was also analyzed using light/suction trap collections carried out from November 2015 to September 2018 in nine localities of the ‘wilayah’ of Tiaret (northwestern Algeria). Slide mounted specimens were identified morphologically using the interactive identification key IIKC and original descriptions. Specimens were then compared with non-type material originating from different countries and partly with type material.ResultsA total of 13,709 Culicoides, belonging to at least 36 species within 10 subgenera, were examined leading to 10 new records in Algeria, including C. chiopterus, C. dewulfi, C. navaiae, C. grisescens, C. paradoxalis, C. shaklawensis, C. simulator, C. univittatus, C. achrayi and C. picturatus. These new records and all previous records provided by the literature review were discussed.ConclusionsWe propose a Culicoides checklist for the Algerian fauna of 59 valid species, including species mainly with a large Palaearctic distribution and a specific Mediterranean distribution, and only a few species from the Afrotropical region. Among them, several species, mainly of the subgenera Avaritia and Culicoides, are confirmed or probable vectors of arboviruses important in animal health.

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