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Culicoides
A genus of biting gnats or midges, vectors of several non pathogenic human filaria (Mansonella, Dipetalonema), Onchocerca in horses & cattle & several viral agents of domestic sheep & fowl.
General
Ceratopogonidae; midge
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: arthropod
ORGANISM-CLASS: INSECTA
ORDER: diptera
FAMILY: Ceratopogonidae
GENUS: Culicoides
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995