author(s)
Dasma Bai Banothu, Placid E D’ Souza, Manchukonda Udaya Kumar, T Venkatesan and GS Sreenivasa Murthy

abstract
A study was conducted to observe the prevalence of Culicoides in cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat farms in rural and urban districts of Telangana state India. The collection was done from dawn to dusk for the period of one year (June, 2017 to May, 2018) covering the different seasons. CDC-UV light trap connected with suction fan was placed at the farms. A total of 18,800 flies were collected in which 15,500 (82.45%) were female and 3,300 (17.55%) were males. The species included 8,200 (43.62%) C. oxystoma, 5,405 (28.75%) C. imicola, 4,805 (25.56%) C. peregrinus, 300 (1.59%) C. actoni and 85 (0.45%) C. anophelis. C. oxystoma and C. imicola were the most predominant species in rural and urban districts of Telangana. Out of 18,800 number of Culicoides collected, the midges in rainy season were highest amounting to 9,249 (49.19%), followed by winter season as 6,820 (36.27%) and summer season 2,721 (14.47%).