Simulium species — black flies or buffalo gnats
Black flies, or buffalo gnats, of the genus Simulium are dipterans that have an essentially free-living life cycle during which the adult males and females blood feed on a variety of mammals, including people, and birds.
Ecologically and medically important black flies of the genus Simulium …
2024年3月20日 · Our results serve as base for effective Simuliidae monitoring. The black fly genus Simulium includes medically and ecologically important species, characterized by a wide variation of ecological niches largely determining their distributional patterns.
CDC - DPDx - Onchocerciasis
Onchocerca volvulus causes onchocerciasis (river blindness). During a blood meal, an infected blackfly (genus Simulium) introduces third-stage filarial larvae onto the skin of the human host, where they penetrate into the bite wound .
Family Simuliidae - Black Flies - BugGuide.Net
2014年12月26日 · Identification to genus is often difficult, except that clearly marked flies, with leg bands, scutal stripes, or abdominal spots, are typically in genus Simulium. The family can be divided into three monophyletic groups based on wing veins.
Simulium Biology - Blackfly.org.uk
The Subfamily PARASIMULIINAE contains just 4 species from western North America. The largest genus is Simulium with nearly 1200 species arranged in 42 subgenera. Simulium occurs in all zoogeographical regions with the greatest number (410) reported from the Palaearctic region.
Simulium damnosum - ADW
Simulium damnosum is the primary vector for the Onchocerca volvulus filarial worm, or river blindness parasite that affects humans in Africa.
Simulium spp., Vectors of Onchocerca volvulus: Life Cycle
Simulium damnosum (the most widely known), and S. neavei vector the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus that causes human onchocerciasis (oncho) or river blindness in several East and West African countries.
Simulium species are the sole vectors for the human filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus, the causative agent of onchocerciasis, or river blindness. River blindness is a scourge of some of the poorest regions of the world, affecting 39 million people worldwide.
2017年8月24日 · Simulium (P.) robynae Peterson, new species ..... 368 Acknowledgments ..... 382 Literature Cited ..... 383 This paper treats eight species of the subgenus Psilopelmia Enderlein, of the genus Simulium Latreille.
Simulium - SpringerLink
Genus of the dipteran mosquito family Simuliidae. The species of the genus Simulium contain rather small (2–6 mm) specimens, which look dark and thus are called “blackflies” (Fig. 1). Since their thorax segments are dorsally protruded, they also got the name “buffalo flies.”
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