Spatial and temporal distribution of Culicoides species in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia between 1990 and 2018
| Autor: | Biniam T. Lakew, Adrian H. Nicholas, Stephen W. Walkden-Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Ceratopogonidae Geographical Locations Diversity index 0302 clinical medicine Abundance (ecology) Animal Management Multidisciplinary biology Ecology Temperature Culicoides Eukaryota Agriculture Spring Insects Shannon Index Medicine Species evenness Female Seasons New South Wales Research Article Livestock Arthropoda Ecological Metrics Science Summer 030231 tropical medicine Oceania Bluetongue 03 medical and health sciences Altitude Spatio-Temporal Analysis Dominance (ecology) Animals Sheep Ecology and Environmental Sciences Organisms Australia Species diversity Biology and Life Sciences Species Diversity biology.organism_classification Invertebrates Insect Vectors 030104 developmental biology People and Places Earth Sciences Spatial variability Zoology Entomology |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 4, p e0249468 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Culicoides are one of the smallest hematophagous flies measuring 1–5 mm in size with only females seeking blood for egg development. The present study investigated spatio-temporal distribution of Culicoides species trapped between 1990 and 2018 at 13 sites in the New England region of NSW, Australia using automated light traps. Trapping locations were divided into three subregions (tablelands, slopes and plains). Nineteen Culicoides species were identified. Culicoides marksi and C. austropalpalis were the most abundant and widespread species. Culicoides brevitarsis, the principal vector of livestock diseases in New South Wales comprised 2.9% of the total catch and was detected in 12 of the 13 locations in the study. Abundance as determined by Log10 Culicoides count per trapping event for the eight most abundant species did not vary significantly with season but trended towards higher counts in summer for C. marksi (P = 0.09) and C. austropalpalis (P = 0.05). Significant geographic variation in abundance was observed for C. marksi, C. austropalpalis and C. dycei with counts decreasing with increasing altitude from the plains to the slopes and tablelands. Culicoides victoriae exhibited the reverse trend in abundance (P = 0.08). Greater abundance during the warmer seasons and at lower altitudes for C. marksi and C. austropalpalis was indicative of temperature and rainfall dependence in this region with moderate summer dominance in rainfall. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index of species was higher on the tablelands (H = 1.59) than the slopes (H = 1.33) and plains (H = 1.08) with evenness indices of 0.62, 0.46 and 0.39 respectively. Culicoides species on the tablelands were more diverse than on the slopes and plains where C. marksi and C. austropalpalis dominated. The temporal and spatial variation in abundance, diversity and evenness of species reported in this diverse region of Australia provides additional insight into Culicoides as pests and disease vectors and may contribute to future modelling studies. |
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