Open AccessA LARVAL HABITAT OF THE BITING MIDGE CULICOIDES BREVITARSIS KIEFFER (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE)
Author(s) -
Can L. R. G.,
Reye Eric J.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1966.tb00670.x
Subject(s) - ceratopogonidae , biology , midge , culicoides , larva , habitat , biting , ecology , range (aeronautics) , vector (molecular biology) , zoology , biochemistry , materials science , gene , composite material , recombinant dna
The finding of immature stages of Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer in cow dung in south‐east Queensland is described. The implications of such a habitat are that this may be a cosmopolitan species, hence that its status and relationships need clarification; that its potential as a vector of disease is increased thereby; and that it poses control problems in range management but should facilitate laboratory investigation of the species.