Seasonal abundance of biting midges, Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), collected at cowsheds in the southern part of the Republic of Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-131

  Kim, Heung Chul ^a   Bellis, Glenn A ^b   Kim, Myung Soon ^a   Chong, Sung Tae ^a   Lee, Dong Kyu ^c   Park, Jee Yong ^d   Yeh, Jung Yong ^d   Klein, Terry A ^e  

^a Unit 15247   (South Korea)

^b Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c Kosin University   (South Korea)

^d Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^e Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biting midge; Culicoides arakawae; Culicoides punctatus; Seasonal abundance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES ARAKAWAE; CULICOIDES CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; CULICOIDES ERAIRAI; CULICOIDES HOMOTOMUS; CULICOIDES KIBUNENSIS; CULICOIDES NIPPONENSIS; CULICOIDES OXYSTOMA; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES TAINANUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VIRUS CARRIER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS;

EID: 84862671851     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.127     Document Type: Article

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