Culicoides

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From Latin culex (gnat, midge) +‎ -oides (-oid, -like, taxonomic suffix).

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Culicoides m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – bloodsucking midges of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites.

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