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Table 1 Total number of C dewulfi, C. chiopterus, C. obsoletus and C. scoticus identified using the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene, from two regions in the UK, Spain and France

From: Morphometric discrimination of two sympatric sibling species in the Palaearctic region, Culicoides obsoletus Meigen and C. scoticus Downes & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vectors of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses

Country

Region

Species identified using COI gene

Total identified (total available)

C. obsoletus

C. scoticus

C. dewulfi

C. chiopterus

UK

Bala

48

69

9

0

126 (150)

 

Devon

47

48

4

4

104 (106)

Spain

Avià

24

52

0

0

76 (77)

 

Caldes de Malavella

56

40

1

0

97 (103)

France

Landes

65

19

2

0

86 (181)

 

Calvados (start of season)

21

83

5

0

109 (115)

 

Calvados (middle of season)

40

23

36

0

99 (124)

 

Calvados (end of season)

109

14

0

0

123 (130)

Total

410

348

57

4

819 (986)