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<p>The water-filled tree hole fauna of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Slovakia is documented for the first time. Three Culicoides Latreille and two Dasyhelea Kieffer species were reared from these habitats. Epidemiological significance of C. obsoletus (Meigen, 1818) is briefly discussed.</p>
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The water-filled tree hole fauna of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Slovakia is documented for the first time. Three Culicoides Latreille and two Dasyhelea Kieffer species were reared from these habitats. Epidemiological significance of C. obsoletus (Meigen, 1818) is briefly discussed.

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in tree hole habitats in Slovakia

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences

Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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{"article-title":"Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in tree hole habitats in Slovakia"}

The water-filled tree hole fauna of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Slovakia is documented for the first time. Three Culicoides Latreille and two...

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in tree hole habitats in Slovakia

Published Online: Mar 28, 2014

Page range: 61 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-014-0118-y

Keywords
Diptera, Ceratopogonidae, Culicoides, Dasyhelea, tree holes, faunistics, Slovakia

© 2014 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in tree hole habitats in Slovakia

Published Online: Mar 28, 2014

Page range: 61 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-014-0118-y

KeywordsDiptera, Ceratopogonidae, Culicoides, Dasyhelea, tree holes, faunistics, Slovakia

© 2014 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Diptera, Ceratopogonidae, Culicoides, Dasyhelea, tree holes, faunistics, Slovakia