Subject: Culicoides, New records, Checklist, Balkans
Year: 2018
Type: Article
Title: An update of the Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) checklist for the Balkans
Author: Pudar, Dubravka
Author: Petrić, Dušan
Author: Allène, Xavier
Author: Alten, Bulent
Author: Ayhan, Nazlı
Author: Cvetkovikj, Aleksandar
Author: Garros, Claire
Author: Goletić, Teufik
Author: Gunay, Filiz
Author: Hlavackova, Kristyna
Author: Ćupina, Aleksandra Ignjatović
Author: Kavran, Mihaela
Author: Lestinova, Tereza
Author: Mathieu, Bruno
Author: Mikov, Ognyan
Author: Pajović, Igor
Author: Rakotoarivony, Ignace
Author: Stefanovska, Jovana
Author: Vaselek, Slavica
Author: Zuko, Almedina
Author: Balenghien, Thomas
Abstract: The prime significance of species belonging to the genus Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is their ability to transmit viruses such as bluetongue virus (BTV) to wild and domestic ruminants. Prior to 1998, BTV was considered exotic in Europe, but according to recent history of its outbreaks, it has become endemic in southern and eastern European countries circulating beyond its expected historical limits, into the Balkan region. The wind-borne long-distance dispersal of Culicoides spp. over water bodies and local spreading between farms emphasize the necessity of filling in the information gaps regarding vector species distribution. In most Balkan countries, data on Culicoides fauna and species distribution are lacking, or information is old and scarce.
Publisher: Springer Nature
Relation: Parasites & vectors
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/1938
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/1938Identifier: 10.1186/s13071-018-3051-x
Identifier: http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13071-018-3051-x.pdfIdentifier: 11
Identifier: 1
