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Culicoides bolitinos Meiswinkel 1989

Culicoides bolitinos

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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.

References

^ 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. PMID 11107252.

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Culicoides bolitinos: Brief Summary

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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). It is considered a possible vector for African horse sickness. It is closely related to Culicoides imicola.

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