Culicoides bolitinos

Culicoides bolitinos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ceratopogonidae
Genus:	Culicoides
Subgenus:	Avaritia
Species:	C. bolitinos
Binomial name
Culicoides bolitinos Meiswinkel 1989

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

1. 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.
2. 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

• 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.

External links

• "Culicoides bolitinos". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• ADW