7dd5e5aa-87c0-4a8c-b910-d38d89ea3888 https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=efsa_2025_field_culicoides Michela Quaglia IZSAM, Teramo, Italy Entomology Unit - Head m.quaglia@izs.it Naida Kapo Veterinary faculty - University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina naida.kapo@vfs.unsa.ba Jasmin Omeragić Veterinary faculty - University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina jasmin.omeragic@vfs.unsa.ba Taher Shaibi Faculty of Science, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya eeshaibi@yahoo.com Salah Ghana Faculty of Science, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya salahalamin@yahoo.com Ivana Zuber Bogdanović Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory – Podgorica, Montenegro ivana.zuber.svl@gmail.com Laura Šimenc Kramar Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Laura.SimencKramar@vf.uni-lj.si Janez Posedi Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Janez.Posedi@vf.uni-lj.si Thomas Balenghien Cirad Researcher thomas.balenghien@cirad.fr 0009-0008-4495-4814 Maria Goffredo IZSAM Entomology Unit - Head m.goffredo@izs.it Maria Goffredo IZSAM Entomology Unit - Head m.goffredo@izs.it 2026-03-11 eng "A specific collaboration was established with entomologists who had received training within the framework of VectorNet, during the “Training course on Culicoides biting midges” held in 2023 at IZSAM in Teramo, Italy.The collection sites have been selected according to the possibility of placing traps near animals (excluding enclosed stables), the availability of collaborative farm owners, and their distribution across different regions of the Countries.Blacklight suction traps were used to collect data on the distribution and seasonal abundance of the Culicoides vector species.A total of 37 collection sites were selected and sampled, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lybia, Montenegro, and Slovenia." Culicoides biting midges distribution seasonal abundance Balkans North Africa https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/ Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 https://ipt.gbif.org/archive.do?r=efsa_2025_field_culicoides The Vectornet area covers the European Union and neighbouring countries. 12.571906 19.630415 46.519339 32.023411 2024-05-02 2025-11-10 genus Culicoides annually Maria Goffredo IZSAM Entomology Unit - Head m.goffredo@izs.it The collected samples were analysed jointly by IZSAM and the participating countries. "A total of 24 collection sites were sampled between May and October 2025 in the Balkans. In Northern Africa, 13 collections sites were sampled in 2025 in Lybia. Among these, seven sites had also been sampled in 2024, and those collections were made available and included in the study." "The collection sites were selected based on the possibility of placing traps in proximity to animals (excluding enclosed stables), the availability of cooperative farm owners, and their distribution across different regions of the participating countries. Blacklight suction traps were used to collect midges, operating overnight on a monthly or biweekly basis." Thomas Balenghien "A specific collaboration was established with entomologists who had received training within the framework of VectorNet, during the “Training course on Culicoides biting midges” held in 2023 at IZSAM in Teramo, Italy. The collection sites have been selected according to the possibility of placing traps near animals (excluding enclosed stables), the availability of collaborative farm owners, and their distribution across different regions of the Countries. Blacklight suction traps were used to collect data on the distribution and seasonal abundance of the Culicoides vector species. A total of 37 collection sites were selected and sampled, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lybia, Montenegro, and Slovenia." OC/EFSA/BIOHAW/2023/05 EFSA "A total of 24 collection sites were sampled between May and October 2025 in the Balkans. In Northern Africa, 13 collections sites were sampled in 2025 in Lybia. Among these, seven sites had also been sampled in 2024, and those collections were made available and included in the study." Thomas Balenghien 0009-0008-4495-4814 2026-03-04T09:24:06.121+00:00 dataset 7dd5e5aa-87c0-4a8c-b910-d38d89ea3888/v1.1.xml