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Investigation of the global transportation of Culicoides biting midges, vectors of livestock and equid arboviruses, from flower‐packing plants in Kenya

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Arboviral diseases spread by Culicoides biting midges have been introduced into Europe by unknown means. A possible route is the carriage of midges with cut flowers shipped to flower markets. We sampled Culicoides in and around a cut flower farm in Kenya; midges were caught in the vicinity and a greenhouse, but not where flowers are processed.
Jessica Eleanor Stokes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential vectors of Leishmaniases in the Environmental Protection Area and Tinguá Federal Biological Reserve, Municipality of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
This study was to describe the composition of sand fly fauna, detect potential vectors of Leishmania spp. in the Tinguá district, an ATL endemic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seven species of vectorial importance in the epidemiological cycle of leishmaniasis was observed: Nyssomyia intermedia, Migonemyia migonei, Pintomyia fischeri, Psychodopygus hirsutus ...
Antônio L. F. Santana   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Descriptions of syntypes of Brumptamyia brumpti (Lsrrousse, 1920) (Diptera: Psychodidae-Phlebotominae)

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1988
The male and female of Brumptomyia brumpti (Larrousse, 1920), the type species of the genus Brumptomyia França & Parrot, 1921 (Diptera: Psychodidae - phlebotominae) are redescribed from syntypes in the British Museum (Natural History).É apresentada a ...
Paul Williams
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative efficacy and studies of mode of action of minerals from diatoms against three species of filth flies

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Mortality for diatomaceous earth was observed as early as 2 h after exposure with 50% and 90% mortality at 3.5 and 4.6 h (LT50 and LT90, respectively) for Musca domestica. The LT50 and LT90 increased when the size of the fly species increased (M. domestica to Cochliomyia macellaria to Sarcophaga bullata) and increased for all three from 50 to 70 ...
Grayson L. Cave   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New record of moth fly species; Psychodaalternata Say, 1824 (Diptera:Psychodidae: Psychodinae) fromIraq [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2013
PsychodaalternataSay, 1824 (Diptera : Psychodidae : Psychodinae) is newly recoded for fauna of Iraq . Shortly description and the important diagnostic characters are figured.
Hayder B. Ali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural history of four species of Platydracus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Heliconia bourgaeana Petersen (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) flower bracts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The insect fauna within inflorescences of Heliconia bourgaeana Petersen (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) was evaluated in Parque Metlac, Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico between May and October 1995.
Frank, J. Howard, Morón, Miguel Angel
core   +2 more sources

Increasing the diversity of Sycorax Haliday, 1839 (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Neotropical region: New species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

open access: yesAustral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Four new species of Sycorax Haliday, 1839 are described: Sycorax alumna sp. nov., Sycorax catarina sp. nov., Sycorax paranaensis sp. nov., and Sycorax striga sp. nov., with the females of Sycorax striga sp. nov. bearing characteristics that suggest haematophagous behaviour.
Lucas Rossito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chaetotaxy of the fourth larval stage of Pintomyia longiflocosa, a primary vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Introduction. Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) longiflocosa is an endemic species from Colombia, found between the central and eastern Andes, and reported as one of the primary vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in coffee-growing zones of the country. This species
Sergio Méndez-Cardona   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The occurrence of the genus Maruina (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
I recently collected immature stages of the aquatic dipteran genus Maruina from a spring-run located in the Big Bend region of western ...
Bowles, David E.
core  

Serosurveillance of Leishmania infantum in Zoo‐Kept Animals in Spain

open access: yesZoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 65-73, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Leishmaniosis is a sand fly‐borne zoonosis mainly caused by Leishmania infantum in Europe. Exposure to this protozoan has been widely reported in many domestic and wild species. However, epidemiological surveys evaluating the circulation of L. infantum in zoo‐kept animals remain limited. This large‐scale study aims to evaluate the
Jesús Barbero‐Moyano   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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