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Further Observations on the Biting-habits of Tabanidae in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. J. Haddow
A. J. Haddow
Affiliation:
Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.*
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The biting habits of Chrysops centurionis Austen and its distribution in Uganda are discussed. This species is everywhere arboreal and mainly crepuscular. The absence of loiasis in man in Uganda is, it is suggested, due to differences between the biting habits of this species and those of the known vectors, C. silacea Austen and C. dimidiata Wulp, which are closely allied to C. centurionis.

The peculiar biting-cycle of another Tabanid, Haematopota nefanda Edw., is described briefly.

Short notes on the biting habits and distribution of some other Uganda Tabanids are given.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , January 1952 , pp. 659 - 674
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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