First report of 13 species of Culicoides (diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in mainland portugal and azores by morphological and molecular characterization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ramilo, David W ^a   Diaz, Suraya ^a   Pereira da Fonseca, Isabel ^a   Delécolle, Jean Claude ^b   Wilson, Anthony ^c   Meireles, José ^a   Lucientes, Javier ^d   Ribeiro, Rita ^a   Boinas, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES ALAZANICUS; CULICOIDES BAHRAINENSIS; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; CULICOIDES DELTUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES MARITIMUS; CULICOIDES NEWSTEADI; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS SENSU STRICTU; CULICOIDES PICTURATUS; CULICOIDES SANTONICUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; CULICOIDES SEMIMACULATUS; CULICOIDES SIMULATOR; CULICOIDES SUBFAGINEUS; CULICOIDES UNIVITTATUS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES NEWSTEADI; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PICTURATUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; CULICOIDES SUBFAGINEUS; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; AZORES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PORTUGAL; WING;

EID: 84859810044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034896     Document Type: Article

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