title: An annotated checklist of Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Insecta: Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) with incorporation of a vector species list from India.
abstract: Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) are small nematocerous biological vectors of a wide range of pathogens of veterinary and medical importance. They are distributed worldwide but prefer warm, damp, and muddy areas. Female midges require blood for egg maturation. Studies on taxonomy, proper identification keys, and distribution patterns of these flies across different geographical regions of India of these flies are limited. This article provides an updated checklist of Culicoides spp. from India collected from various scattered publications, along with their synonyms and details on their subgenera, geographical distribution, and type locality. A compiled list of different Culicoides vectors from India has also been included separately in this article, along with the type of the diseases spread.
authors.affiliation: Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India.
authors.forename: Emon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazumdar
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Belgachia, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Joardar
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Goutam K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India.
authors.forename: Dhriti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000145:classification*; D057189:Checklist; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification
keywords: Culicoides; India; checklist; distribution; taxonomy; vectors