Abstract

PERRUOLO, Gustavo J. Keys of Species of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Associated with Cattle Operations in Neotropical Region.. Rev. Cient. (Maracaibo) [online]. 2009, vol.19, n.2, pp.124-133. ISSN 0798-2259.

A key was elaborated using wing characters for easy identification of 24 species of Culicoides attracted by ruminants in the Neotropics, in order to obtain field information for the monitoring of the distribution map of Culicoides that attacks bovine and detects the prevalence of possible bluetongue virus vector.

Keywords : Key; Culicoides; cattle operations; bluetongue virus; neotropical region.