An early record of Culicoides species (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) developing in the dung of game animals in southern Africa

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Dyce, A.L.
Marshall, B.D.

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Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria.

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The value of the dung of game animals as a larval habitat for Culicoides species was briefly investigated in 1973/4 in the Kruger National Park, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. A total of 4 species in the subgenus Avaritia was reared, 3 from elephant dung, 2 from zebra dung and I from the dung of buffalo. These early studies have recently led to more intensive rearing and a better understanding of the systematics of this subgenus in the Afrotropical region.

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Veterinary medicine

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Dyce, AL & Marshall, BD 1989, 'An early record of Culicoides species (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) developing in the dung of game animals in southern Africa', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 85 - 86.