Culicoides Latreille, 1809
(midge)

Interactions where Culicoides is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
imago spreads Blue Tongue virus (BTV) Blue Tongue Disease - causative organism DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare, DEFRA
 /Blue Tongue virus (BTV)/Blue Tongue virus (BTV)blue tongue disease - causative organism Animal / vector /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ceratopogonidae/Culicoides/Culicoidesmidgeimago is spread by imago

Author & YearTitleSource
DEFRADEFRA: Animal Health and Welfarewww.defra.gov.uk/animalh/index.htm

Culicoides (midge) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Culicoides (midge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCulicoides (midge)
FamilyCERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Culicoides (midge)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. IIKC: an interactive identification key for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) females from the Western Palaearctic region www.iikculicoides.net/
Boorman, J. Culicoides.NET www.culicoides.net/
Nielsen, S.A., Kristensen, M. & Pape, T. 2015 Three new Scandinavian species of Culicoides (Culicoides): C. boyi sp. nov., C. selandicus sp. nov. and C. kalix sp. nov. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5823.

Culicoides (midge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mathieu B., Cêtre-Sossah C., Garros C., Chavernac D., Balenghien T., Carpenter S., Setier-Rio M.L., Vignes-Lebbe R., Ung V., Candolfi E. & Delécolle J.C. 2012 Development and validation of IIKC: an interactive identification key for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) females from the Western Palaearctic region Parasites & Vectors Vol 5 (1).

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Culicoides (midge):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Culicoides (midge)
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