| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:genus 
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                                | gptkbp:activePeriod | dusk and dawn 
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                                | gptkbp:adultColor | 1-3 mm 
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                                | gptkbp:biteSymptoms | painful 
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                                | gptkbp:class | gptkb:Insecta 
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                                | gptkbp:commonName | biting midges 
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                                | gptkbp:controls | habitat management insecticides
 repellents
 
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                                | gptkbp:describedBy | gptkb:Latreille 
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                                | gptkbp:describedYear | 1809 
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                                | gptkbp:distribution | worldwide 
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                                | gptkbp:economicImportance | affect livestock health cause losses in animal husbandry
 
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                                | gptkbp:family | gptkb:Ceratopogonidae 
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                                | gptkbp:foragingBehavior | hematophagous 
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                                | gptkbp:habitat | marshes swamps
 near water bodies
 damp forests
 
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                                | gptkbp:kingdom | gptkb:Animalia 
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                                | gptkbp:larvalHabitat | decaying vegetation mud
 moist soil
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | vector of bluetongue virus vector of African horse sickness virus
 vector of Oropouche virus
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableSpecies | Culicoides imicola Culicoides obsoletus
 Culicoides pulicaris
 Culicoides sonorensis
 Culicoides variipennis
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfAxles | spotted or clear wings 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfSpecies | over 1,000 
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                                | gptkbp:order | gptkb:Diptera 
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                                | gptkbp:parasitizes | birds humans
 amphibians
 mammals
 reptiles
 
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                                | gptkbp:phylum | gptkb:Arthropoda 
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                                | gptkbp:reproduction | eggs laid in moist environments 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | cause allergic reactions in humans and animals transmit arboviruses
 
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                                | gptkbp:subdivisionRanks | gptkb:species 
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                                | gptkbp:taxonRank | gptkb:genus 
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                                | gptkbp:typeSpecies | Culicoides pulicaris 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Ceratopogonidae 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Culicoides 
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