Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) taxonomy: Current challenges and future directions

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-266

  Harrup, L E ^a   Bellis, G A ^b   Balenghien, T ^c   Garros, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UMR ASTRE   (France)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Biting midge; Culicoides; DNA barcode; Molecular entomology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES BAUERI; CULICOIDES CARIDEI; CULICOIDES CREPUSCULARIS; CULICOIDES DEBILIPALPIS; CULICOIDES DECOR; CULICOIDES DENDROPHILUS; CULICOIDES ERAIRAI; CULICOIDES FASCIPENNIS; CULICOIDES FLAVISCUTATUS; CULICOIDES GUTTIFER; CULICOIDES HAMIENSIS; CULICOIDES HIEROGLYPHICUS; CULICOIDES LASAENSIS; CULICOIDES LOUGHNANI; CULICOIDES MACULIPENNIS; CULICOIDES MARKSI; CULICOIDES MIKROS; CULICOIDES MOJINGAENSIS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PEREGRINUS; CULICOIDES PHLEBOTOMUS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES SCHULTZEI; CULICOIDES SCOPUS; CULICOIDES SEGNIS; CULICOIDES TAURICUS; DNA BARCODING; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR ENTOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; ZOOLOGY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INSECT GENOME; WING;

ARBOVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; DIPTERA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84920992316     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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