Culicoides imicola

Culicoides imicola
Culicoides imicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily: Ceratopogoninae
Tribe: Culicoidini
Genus: Culicoides
Subgenus: Avaritia
Species: C. imicola
Binomial name
Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola
Kieffer, 1913
Synonyms
  • Ceratopogon pallidipennis Carter, Ingram & Macfie, 1920
  • C. iraquensis Khalaf, 1957
  • C. pallidipennis Carter, Ingram & Macfie, 1920

Culicoides imicola is a midge which transmits the bluetongue virus. Other suspected BTV vectors are Culicoides (Culicoides) pulicaris and species in the Culicoides (Avaritia) obsoletus complex.