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New Records of Culicoides (haematomyidium) Paraensis and a Key to Adult Culicoides From Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We provide new records of Culicoides paraensis from the Yucatan Peninsula. The anthropophilic biting midge C. paraensis is the main vector of Oropouche fever virus in South and Central America. We also report Culicoides poikilonotus for the 1st time in the Yucatan Peninsula and a key to identify the species in this region of Mexico.

Source: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

DOI: 10.2987/24-7185

Authors: HERÓN HUERTA, JUAN NAVARRETE-CARBALLO, JORGE RODRÍGUEZ-ROJAS, FABIÁN CORREA-MORALES, PABLO MANRIQUE-SAIDE

Institutions: Autonomous University of Yucatán, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Language: English

Topic: Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402555456

FWCI: 1.496

Cites: 20

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10