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Loa loa infective larvae (L3) are transmitted to humans by the deer fly vectors of the tabanid genus Chrysops—C. dimidiata and C. silacea.These carriers are blood-sucking and day-biting, and they are found in rainforest-like environments in western and central Africa.
The young larvae, or microfilariae, develop in horseflies of the genus Chrysops (deer flies, yellow flies), including the species C. dimidiata and C. silacea, which infect humans by biting them. After bites from these infected flies, the microfilariae are unique in that they travel in the peripheral blood during the day and migrate into the ...
Chrysops Meigen, 1803 [12] Eucompsa Enderlein, 1922 [1] Gastroxides Saunders, 1842 [13] Gressittia Philip & Mackerras, 1960 [14] Jashinea Oldroyd, 1970 [11] Mackerrasia Travassos Dias, 1956 [15] Melissomorpha Ricardo, 1906 [16] Merycomyia Hine, 1912 [17] Nemorius Rondani, 1856 [18] Neochrysops Walton, 1918 [19] Oldroydiella Travassos Dias, 1955 ...
There are 250 species of deer fly in the genus Chrysops. Their distribution is worldwide, though they have not been reported in Iceland, Greenland, or Hawaii. [3]
Chrysops abaptistus Séguy, 1950 [3] Chrysops abavius Philip, 1961 [4] Chrysops abatus Phillip, 1941 [5] Chrysops aberrans Philip, 1941 [5] Chrysops additus Oldroyd, 1957 [6] Chrysops aeneus Pechuman, 1943; Chrysops aestuans Wulp, 1867 [7] Chrysops affinis Bellardi, 1859 [8] Chrysops alajuelensis Burger, 2002 [9] Chrysops albicinctus Wulp, 1869 ...
North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies.The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
Picromyza Quentin, 1979 [7] (Sometimes placed in Chrysops) Silviomyza Philip & Mackerras, 1960 [8] Silvius Meigen, 1820 [9] Surcoufia Kröber, 1922 [10] References
The lesser gray-brown musk shrew (Crocidura silacea) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Angola , Malawi , Mozambique , South Africa , Swaziland , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia , and Zimbabwe .