A spatio-temporal _Culicoides_ species dataset produced by the French surveillance program from 2009 to 2012

Sampling event Observation
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Descrição

This Culicoides species longitudinal dataset is the most comprehensive resource for Culicoides biting midges in continental France and Corsica, offering critical insights into abundance, diversity and phenology to support disease modeling, surveillance, and control strategies. It includes data from 6,340,177 specimens across at least 82 species, collected across 210 farms in mainland France from 2009 to 2012. Specimens were identified down to species level, sexed, and categorized by physiological status (parous/nulliparous). A sub-sampling protocol was applied in case of very large collections (>3mL). Sampling was conducted using one to five traps per department, with frequency adjusted to midge population dynamics. From mid-February to April and November to mid-December, traps were performed one night per week, whereas a monthly schedule was adopted for the rest of the year (in January, and between May to October). The dataset provides nationwide coverage, with a high representation of the C. obsoletus/C. scoticus complex, which accounts for over 66% of the identified specimens.

Registros de Dados

Os dados deste recurso de evento de amostragem foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 14.895 registros.

Também existem 2 tabelas de dados de extensão. Um registro de extensão fornece informações adicionais sobre um registro do núcleo. O número de registros em cada tabela de dados de extensão é ilustrado abaixo.

Event (core)
14895
Occurrence 
8683785
MeasurementOrFacts 
491535

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versões

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Como citar

Pesquisadores deveriam citar esta obra da seguinte maneira:

Balenghien T, Garros C, Delécolle J, Setier-Rio M, Mathieu B, Delécolle D, Akaddar A, Allène X, Rakotoarivony I, Lhoir J, Scheid B, Venail R, Chavernac D, Baldet T, Hammami P (2025). A spatio-temporal _Culicoides_ species dataset produced by the French surveillance program from 2009 to 2012. Version 1.3. GBIF Secretariat. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=fr_culicoides_2009_2012&v=1.3

Direitos

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GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: a50323a7-2973-4042-9369-407f0b5efb19.  Cirad - UMR ASTRE publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por GBIF France.

Palavras-chave

Samplingevent; Culicoides; monitoring; insect vector; entomology; Observation

Contatos

Thomas Balenghien
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
  • Ponto De Contato
  • Researcher/Entomologist
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR
Claire Garros
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
  • Ponto De Contato
  • Researcher/Entomologist
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR
Jean-Claude Delécolle
  • Originador
  • Researcher/Entomologist
Université de Strasbourg, Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology of Strasbourg, UR7292
Strasbourg
FR
Marie-Laure Setier-Rio
  • Originador
  • Head of Laboratory and Experimentation
Entente interdépartementale pour la Méditerranée (EID Méditerranée)
Montpellier
FR
Bruno Mathieu
  • Originador
  • Researcher/Entomologist
Université de Strasbourg, Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology of Strasbourg, UR7292
Strasbourg
FR
Delphine Delécolle
  • Originador
  • Researcher/Entomologist
Université de Strasbourg, Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology of Strasbourg, UR7292
Strasbourg
FR
Aziza Akaddar
  • Originador
  • Entomological technician
Université de Strasbourg, Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology of Strasbourg, UR7292
Strasbourg
FR
Xavier Allène
  • Originador
  • Entomological technician
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR
Ignace Rakotoarivony
  • Originador
  • Entomological technician
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR
Jonathan Lhoir
  • Originador
  • Entomological technician
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR
Bethsabée Scheid
  • Originador
  • Platform engineer
Entente interdépartementale pour la Méditerranée (EID Méditerranée)
Montpellier
FR
Roger Venail
  • Originador
  • Researcher/Entomologist
Entente interdépartementale pour la Méditerranée (EID Méditerranée)
Montpellier
FR
David Chavernac
  • Originador
  • Digital education engineer
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR
Thierry Baldet
  • Originador
  • Researcher/Entomologist
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR
Pachka Hammami
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
  • Ponto De Contato
  • Researcher/Epidemiologist
Cirad - UMR ASTRE
34398 Montpellier
FR

Cobertura Geográfica

The sampling was conducted across the entirety of mainland France (Corsica Island included), with one or two traps concurrently deployed in each department. Variations in site locations from year to year resulted in up to five sites per department over the four-year trapping period.

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [41,5, -4,5], Norte Leste [50,8, 9,5]

Cobertura Taxonômica

Over 6,340,177 Culicoides individuals were collected. Specimens were identified down to species level, sexed, and categorized by gonotrophic (parous/nulliparous) and physiological (engorged) status. 82 different species were identified with more than 66% of the specimens belonging to the C. obsoletus/C. scoticus complex.

Reino animalia
Filo Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Ordem Diptera
Família Ceratopogonidae

Cobertura Temporal

Data Inicial / Data final 2009-03-02 / 2012-12-27

Dados Sobre o Projeto

Nenhuma descrição disponível

Título French Culicoides Monitoring Network 2009-2012
Financiamento French Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Descrição da Área de Estudo Mainland France - national coverage

O pessoal envolvido no projeto:

Thomas Balenghien
Jean-Claude Delécolle
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Marie-Laure Setier-Rio
Bruno Mathieu
Delphine Delécolle
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Aziza Akaddar
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Xavier Allène
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Ignace Rakotoarivony
Jonathan Lhoir
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Bethsabée Scheid
David Chavernac
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
Thierry Baldet

Métodos de Amostragem

The monitoring program targeted farms housing cattle, sheep, goat or mixed. The traps were positioned outside stables or near animal resting areas and operated from at least one hour before dusk to one hour after dawn, with the exact geographical coordinates of each farm recorded by the operator. The traps used were black light suction traps (Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute design). Insects attracted to the light were collected using a fan that directed them into a beaker containing soapy water. The soap ensured the insects sank and prevented them from drying out. Once collected, the specimens were transferred into 70% ethanol at room temperature for preservation and transported to identification centers. The samples were processed at three specialized sorting centers: Cirad (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) and EID Med (Entente interdépartementale pour la démoustication du littoral méditerranéen) in Montpellier, and IPPTS (Institut de parasitologie et de pathologie tropicale) in Strasbourg. Expert entomologists performed species identification using morphological keys and the IIKC database. For specimens belonging to the C. obsoletus/C. scoticus complex, females were grouped together due to morphological indistinguishability. Damaged or incomplete specimens were excluded. In cases of excessively large samples, subsampling was performed to streamline the identification process, following a modified protocol outlined in Van Ark and Meiswinkel (1992). Specifically, if the total insect volume exceeded 3 mL, a subsample was taken, offering significant time savings. After subsampling, a preliminary sorting step was conducted under a stereomicroscope to isolate Culicoides from other insect species based on morphological traits, including body shape, antennal segment count, and wing patterns. Non-Culicoides specimens were not identified. Morphological identification was conducted following the morphological atlas from Delécolle (1985) updated when necessary with new species description by experts. Identification was conducted to the species level or, when differentiation was not possible, to the complex level. In total, 14,895 collections were performed under the supervision of the Directions départementales de la cohésion sociale et de la protection des populations (DDecPP), and 6,340,177 Culicoides individuals were identified by the expert entomologists.

Área de Estudo Between 2009 and 2012, Culicoides population monitoring in mainland France was conducted by national authorities and research groups in compliance with European requirements. The program deployed 160 traps in farms housing cattle, sheep, goats or mixed, with one or two traps allocated per department. The sampling schedule varied by season. From mid-February to April and November to mid-December, traps were operated one night per week, whereas a monthly schedule was adopted for the rest of the year (in January, and between May and October).

Descrição dos passos do método:

  1. The data collected at the time of sampling (events data) and at the time of identification (occurences data) were entered into the CIRAD Ocapi database (http://ocapi.cirad.fr/), and shared with the actors of the network (veterinary services: DDcsPP, and ministry of agriculture: DGAl). This database comprises three tables: farms, sampling events and entomological identification. Most of the environmental data were retrieved a posteriori using GIS approaches from various sources such as ERA-5 land or MODIS. The data were restructured using R software to meet GBIF publication criteria.

Dados de Coleção

Nome da Coleção French Culicoides midge collection from 2009 to 2012
Métodos de preservação do espécime Álcool

Citações bibliográficas

  1. Van Ark H, Meiswinkel R. Subsampling of large light trap catches of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 1992 Sep;59(3):183-9. PMID: 1437020.
  2. Delécolle J.-C. Nouvelle contribution à l’étude systématique et iconographique des espèces du genre Culicoides, (Diptera) : (Cératopogonidae) du Nord-Est de la France. 1985

Metadados Adicionais

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Getting Started
Propósito
Identificadores alternativos a50323a7-2973-4042-9369-407f0b5efb19
https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=cirad_astre_culicoides