A brief note on phlebotomine sandflies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A total of 294 specimens were collected and identified as three species of the genus Phlebotomus and four species of the genus Sergentomyia. Of interest was the demonstration of promastigotes in the foregut of two females P. papatasi.
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
al Seghayer
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology; D011576:Psychodidae; D012529:Saudi Arabia