Open AccessPrésentation de <em>Culicoides (Culicoides) boyi</em> sp.n. découvert au Jutland du Nord, Danemark
Author(s) -
Søren Achim Nielsen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux/revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1951-6711
pISSN - 0035-1865
DOI - 10.19182/remvt.10074
Subject(s) - subgenus , culicoides , biology , geography , zoology , ecology , taxonomy (biology)
During 2008 and 2009 intensive sampling of Culicoides was carried out near cowsheds all over Denmark. All species of the subgenus Culicoides so far recorded from Denmark were represented at the sites. However, at two sites in Northern Jutland a small number of individuals having a strong resemblance to Culicoides pulicaris, C. punctatus and C. halophilus were found. A careful morphological analysis revealed conclusive morphological differences between the specimens from Northern Jutland and other species of the subgenus Culicoides known from Northern Europe. The aberrant specimens are described as Culicoides (Culicoides) boyi sp. n.