Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) were trapped between 1999 and 2004 at 122 locations in mainland Greece and on most of the larger Aegean and Ionian islands, using OVI light traps, in order to determine the distribution and seasonal activity of bluetongue virus vectors and other Culicoides species. Thirty-nine Culicoides species were identified, six of which (C. furcillatus, C. impunctatus, C. paolae, C. pictipennis, C. riethi, and C. scoticus) were identified for the first time in Greece. Two of these (C. impunctatus and C. scoticus) may be of veterinary importance due to their role as vectors of bluetongue virus and related orbiviruses. In addition, C. imicola was detected for the first time in mainland Greece.
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1 December 2009
Distribution of Culicoides in Greece
Michael J. Patakakis,
Margarita Papazahariadou,
Anthony Wilson,
Philip S. Mellor,
Stavros Frydas,
Orestis Papadopoulos
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bluetongue
Culicoides
distribution
Greece
light trap
Seasonality