Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) associated with white-tailed deer habitat and livestock operations in the northern Great Plains.
Twelve Culicoides species were collected from white-tailed deer habitat and cattle operations in the Northern Great Plains as part of an ongoing study of the geographical distribution and seasonal occurrence of C. variipennis and other species in North Dakota. C. variipennis, C. obsoletus, and C. stellifer were collected in both western and eastern counties. C. arboricola, C. hinmani, C. nanus, and C. palmerae are reported for the first time from North Dakota.
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Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58202.
Holloway
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology*; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D003710:Demography; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification; D009658:North Dakota