Winter activity of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii, Grassi 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) on the island of Corsica.
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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Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany. TJNaucke@aol.com
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D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D008297:Male; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature