Culicoides bolitinos
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| Culicoides bolitinos | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Genus: | Culicoides |
| Subgenus: | Avaritia |
| Species: | C. bolitinos |
| Binomial name | |
| Culicoides bolitinos Meiswinkel 1989 | |
Culicoides bolitinos is an African species of bloodsucking fly that breeds in the dung of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), the blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), and cattle (Bosraces).[1] It is considered a possible vector for African horse sickness.[2] It is closely related to Culicoides imicola.
