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Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in the State of Pernambuco Flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) no Estado de Pernambuco

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Phlebotomine sand flies are small insects of great medical relevance. This article presents an updated list of the phlebotomine sand flies occurring in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Filipe Dantas-Torres   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing the digital repository of DNA barcoding sequences of sand flies (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Sand f ly identification is complex because it depends on the expertise of the taxonomist. The females show subtle morphological differences and the occurrence of the species complexes are usual in this taxon.
Almiron, Walter Ricardo   +2 more
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A conspectus on the Canacidae (Diptera) of Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Species of Canacidae sensu lato of Brazil are reviewed, including the subfamilies Canacinae and Tethininae. Included are seven species in five genera with two species, Nocticanace austra and N. packhamorum, from southern Brazil being newly described.
Mathis, Wayne, Marinoni, Luciane
core   +2 more sources

Shoreline Aggregation Behavior of Adults of a Midge, Chironomus Sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) at Solberg Lake, Wisconsin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Excerpt: Adult chironomid midges are well known to visitors at northern Wisconsin lakes during the spring and summer. Although the larval stages of chironomids supplement the diet of fish, the adults are often a nuisance because they aggregate in huge ...
Wilson, Louis F
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Recent advances in phlebotomine sand fly research related to leishmaniasis control

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2015
Phlebotomine sand flies are the subject of much research because of the role of their females as the only proven natural vectors of Leishmania species, the parasitic protozoans that are the causative agents of the neglected tropical disease leishmaniasis.
Paul A Bates   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phlebotominae de Venezuela: descripción de la hembra Lutzomyia amilcari (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Phlebotominae of Venezuela: description of the female of Lutzomyia amilcari (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1988
Es dada una descripción de la hembra de Lutzomyia amilcari, que fué colectada en Cubiro, Municipio Diego de Lozada, Estado Lara. El macho de la misma especie fué descrito anteriormente (Arredondo, 1984).A description is given of the female of Lutzomyia ...
Conrado Arredondo Cardona   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative phenetics and taxonomy of some phlebotomine taxa

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
Elucidating the evolution of Phlebotominae is important not only to revise their taxonomy, but also to help understand the origin of the genus Leishmania and its relationship with humans.
JP Dujardin, F Le Pont, E Martinez
doaj   +1 more source

A historical overview of the classification, evolution, and dispersion of Leishmania parasites and sandflies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background The aim of this study is to describe the major evolutionary historical events among Leishmania, sandflies, and the associated animal reservoirs in detail, in accordance with the geographical evolution of the Earth, which has not been ...
A Alborzi   +233 more
core   +8 more sources

Leishmania tarentolae: taxonomic classification and its application as a promising biotechnological expression host

open access: yes, 2019
In this review, we summarize the current knowledge concerning the eukaryotic protozoan parasite Leishmania tarentolae, with a main focus on its potential for biotechnological applications.
Klatt, S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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