Abdigoudarzi Mohammad
Department of Parasitology, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Alborz, Iran.
J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2016 Oct 4;10(4):474-482. eCollection 2016 Dec.
Biting midges of the genus act as vectors for important diseases affecting humans and both wild and domestic animals. Collection of adult specimens in the near vicinity of vertebrate hosts is the major part of any bluetongue surveillance plan. There are old records of species dated from 1963, 1968 and 1975. Therefore, it was decided to collect different ceratopogonids members using a light trap.
One night catching using light traps with a suction fan was performed at representative sites (25 places) located in North Western Provinces (Ardebil, Eastern Azerbaijan, Western Azerbaijan and Zanjan) of Iran (suspected farms for clinical records of Bluetongue virus or serodiagnosis of the Bluetongue virus). Samples were detected and identified primarily and were sent to a reference center for final verification.
Seven species including (, , , , , , and three species from () are under study in reference laboratory in Poland and were confirmed from Iran.
Morphological and explanation of each species was regarded in this study. In comparison to old record, there are four new records of species from Iran and one species is regarded suspected for viral transmission.
库蠓属的吸血蠓作为影响人类以及野生动物和家畜的重要疾病的传播媒介。在脊椎动物宿主附近采集成年蠓标本是任何蓝舌病监测计划的主要部分。有可追溯到1963年、1968年和1975年的库蠓物种记录。因此，决定使用诱虫灯收集不同的蠓科成员。
在伊朗西北部省份（阿尔达比勒、东阿塞拜疆、西阿塞拜疆和赞詹）的代表性地点（25个地方）使用带有抽气扇的诱虫灯进行一晚的捕捉（这些地方为蓝舌病病毒临床记录或蓝舌病病毒血清诊断的疑似养殖场）。样本首先进行检测和鉴定，然后送往参考中心进行最终验证。
包括（具体物种名称未给出）在内的7种库蠓正在波兰的参考实验室进行研究，并且已从伊朗得到确认。
本研究考虑了每个物种的形态学特征及说明。与旧记录相比，伊朗有4种库蠓新记录，并且有一种被认为疑似具有病毒传播能力。
