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SUBMITTER: Bakhoum MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3875552 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bakhoum Mame T MT Fall Moussa M Fall Assane G AG Bellis Glenn A GA Gottlieb Yuval Y Labuschagne Karien K Venter Gert J GJ Diop Mariame M Mall Iba I Seck Momar T MT Allène Xavier X Diarra Maryam M Gardès Laëtitia L Bouyer Jérémy J Delécolle Jean-Claude JC Balenghien Thomas T Garros Claire C
PloS one 20131230 12
The Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is distributed throughout Africa to northern Asia and Australasia and includes several potential vector species of livestock pathogens. The taxonomy of the species belonging to this species group is confounded by the wide geographical distribution and morphological variation exhibited by many species. In this work, morphological and molecular approaches were combined to assess the taxonomic validity of the species and morphol ...[more]