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Subfamily Phlebotominae (Psychodidae, Diptera) of the United Arab Emirates – some new faunistic data Cover

Subfamily Phlebotominae (Psychodidae, Diptera) of the United Arab Emirates – some new faunistic data

Open Access
|Mar 2023

Abstract

Biting midges (Phlebotominae) are medically important vectors of human and veterinary disease-causing agents. This study presents the results of the field research of arthropods of A. van Harten in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the period of approximately 2005 – 2007 at a high number of localities (15 are mentioned here, with 9 species collected incl. five confirmed; 4 spp. are new for the fauna of the UAE: Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) papatasi (Scopoli, 1786), Sergentomyia (Parrotomyia) baghdadis (Adler & Theodor, 1929), S. (Sergentomyia) schwetzi Adler, Theodor & Parrot, 1929, S. (Grassomyia) squamipleuris Newstead, 1912).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2022-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2336-3207 | Journal ISSN: 2336-3193
Language: English
Page range: 207 - 222
Published on: Mar 1, 2023
Published by: Silesian Museum in Opava
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2023 Jan Ježek, Michal Tkoč, Jozef Oboňa, Peter Manko, Antonius van Harten, published by Silesian Museum in Opava
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