IIKC is an Interactive Identification Key for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) females from the western Palaearctic region. The key contents more than 1,000 illustrations (pictures, scheme and distribution maps) and allows identification of more than 100 species. The dedicated website www.iikculicoides.net offers the following services to users: (i) browse the database of characters and species online, (ii) identify online without local install, (iii) download and install the key onto personal computer according to the following operating systems available i.e. Windows XP/Vista/7, MacOsX and Linux.

 NEW!! --- Identification on line ---

 How to cite this key: 

Mathieu, B., Cêtre-Sossah, C., Garros, C., Chavernac, D., Balenghien, T., Carpenter, S., Setier-Rio, M.-L., Vignes-Lebbe, R., Ung, V., Candolfi, E. & Delécolle, J.-C. (2012) Development and validation of IIKC: an interactive identification key for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) females from the Western Palaearctic region. Parasites & vectors 5, 137. --- Free access article ---