Morphological and molecular differentiation between Culicoides oxystoma and Culicoides kingi (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia.

Darine SlamaRihab BaraketLatifa RemadiEmna ChakerHamouda Babba
Published in: Parasites & vectors (2021)
This study highlights for the first time in Tunisia the presence of C. oxystoma and its discrimination from C. kingi using abdominal measurements and the PCR-RFLP method. This approach could be applied in future epidemiological studies at the national and international levels.