Winter activity of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii, Grassi 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) on the island of Corsica (original) (raw)

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In the first week of February 2008 on the island of Corsica, 55 Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii, 39 males and 16 females, were caught in a railway tunnel. This is the first proof of the winter activity of the adult P. mascittii in Europe.

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1. Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud Straße 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
   T. J. Naucke
2. Department of Zoology, Division of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
   T. J. Naucke
3. Institute for Zoomorphology, Cytology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
   B. Menn
4. Institute of Biology, Division of Zoology, Kassel University, 34132, Kassel, Germany
   D. Massberg
5. Parasitus Ex e.V., Vollbergstraße 37, 53859, Niederkassel, Germany
   S. Lorentz

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3. D. Massberg
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Naucke, T.J., Menn, B., Massberg, D. et al. Winter activity of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii, Grassi 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) on the island of Corsica.Parasitol Res 103, 477–479 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-008-1002-8

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• Received: 09 April 2008
• Accepted: 14 April 2008
• Published: 14 May 2008
• Issue date: July 2008
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-008-1002-8

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