New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from the southeastern United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 8:36 AM
A105 (Oregon Convention Center)
Stacey Vigil , Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
William Grogan , Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL
John Wlodkowski , Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Joshua Parris , Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Suzanne Edwards de Vargas , Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
David Shaw , Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Christopher Cleveland , Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Joseph Corn , Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
We provide new state and county records of biting midges in the genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the southeastern United States collected with CDC miniature light traps during 2007-2012 in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. The primary goals of the surveys were to identify the presence of exotic Culicoides, and determine the ranges of known and possible vectors of bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV).  Included are the first records of: Culicoides (Amossovia) beckae Wirth and Blanton from Louisiana and Mississippi, C. (A.) oklahomensis Khalaf from Alabama and Arkansas, C. (Avaritia) alachua Jamnback and Wirth from Alabama and Georgia, C. (Culicoides) neopulicaris Wirth from Alabama, C.  (Drymodesmyia) butleri Wirth and Hubert from Texas, C. (Hoffmania) insignis Lutz from Mississippi, C. (Oecacta) barbosai Wirth and Blanton from Georgia, C. (Silvaticulicoides) loisae Jamnback from Alabama, and C. kirbyi Glick and Mullen from Mississippi. We also provide new Florida county records for C. alachua, C. barbosai, C. (Beltranmyia) hollensis (Melander and Brues), C. insignis, and C. (Monoculicoides) sonorensis Wirth and Jones; a new Georgia county record for C. barbosai; and new Alabama county records for C. insignis, and C. sonorensis.
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