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Simulium (black flies)
A genus of biting gnats or midges, black flies, humpbacked flies, or buffalo gnats. Aquatic larvae require swift-flowing streams or highly oxygenated water for their development. Species are vectors of
1) Onchocerca volvulus in Central & South America, Mexico & across central Africa
2) Mansonella ozzardi in the Carribean
3) Onchocerca guturosa infections in cattle, horses & wild ruminants
Related
Mansonella ozzardi
Onchocerca volvulus; convoluted filaria (river blindness)
General
simuliidae (black flies)
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: arthropod
ORGANISM-CLASS: INSECTA
ORDER: diptera
FAMILY: simuliidae
GENUS: Simulium (black flies)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 920