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Culicoides (a genus of biting midges)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Culicoides Larva 14 March 2004 Berks England 2 4

Suggested Literature

Culicoides may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Culicoides is associated with:

imago blue tongue virus (BTV) - Blue Tongue Disease - Causative Organism imago spreads DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/index.htm

There may be more taxa associated with Culicoides listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with Culicoides:

Culicoides may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)

References

DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/index.htm DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare

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