Investigation of diel activity of culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the United Kingdom by using a vehicle-mounted trap

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 757-765

  Sanders, Christopher J ^a   Gubbins, Simon ^a   Mellor, Philip S ^a   Barber, James ^a   Golding, Nicholas ^a   Harrup, Lara E ^a   Carpenter, Simon T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bluetongue; flight; meteorology; vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; SEASONS; WEATHER;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 84861129245     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11259     Document Type: Article

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