Table 2 Species of Culicoides, sorted according to their abundance (number and percentage) and gender, on ten Irish farms collected in the south of the Republic of Ireland during part of the 2014 vector-active season (July-November)

C. obsoletus/C. scoticus

8103

89

1004^a

11

9107

38

10

C. dewulfi

6755

78

1928

22

8683

36

10

C. pulicaris

1879

85

325

15

2204

9

10

C. punctatus

1056

94

67

6

1123

5

10

C. chiopterus

781

72

305

28

1086

5

10

Sub-total (vector species)

18,574

84

3629

16

22,203

93

C. achrayi

1003

82

220

18

1223

5

10

C. festivipennis

175

83

35

17

210

< 1

9

C. impunctatus

88

88

12

12

100

< 1

8

C. nubeculosus

31

70

13

30

44

< 1

5

C. circumscriptus

35

90

4

10

39

< 1

7

C. salinarius

13

81

3

19

16

< 1

5

C. fascipennis

5

83

1

17

6

< 1

3

C. delta

3

75

1

25

4

< 1

3

C. cameroni

3

100

0

0

3

< 1

1

C. brunnicans

2

100

0

0

2

< 1

2

C. newsteadi

1

100

0

0

1

< 1

1

C. riethi

1

100

0

0

1

< 1

1

C. stigma

1

100

0

0

1

< 1

1

C. reconditus

1

100

0

0

1

< 1

1

Sub-total (other Culicoides spp.)

1362

82

289

18

1651

7

Total

19,936

84

3918

16

23,854^b

100