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Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in tree hole habitats in Slovakia

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Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The water-filled tree hole fauna of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Slovakia is documented for the first time. Three Culicoides Latreille and two Dasyhelea Kieffer species were reared from these habitats. Epidemiological significance of C. obsoletus (Meigen, 1818) is briefly discussed.

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  1. Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, SK - 081 16, Prešov, Slovakia

    Jozef Oboňa

  2. Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland

    Patrycja Dominiak

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Oboňa, J., Dominiak, P. Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in tree hole habitats in Slovakia. Ocean and Hydro 43, 61–65 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-014-0118-y

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