Summary
A survey over a year of flies feeding on a tethered bull was carried out on a ranch in the north of Nigeria. Flies were netted on one day in each month for two hours in both morning and afternoon. Flies caught included surface feeders, blood suckers and those causing myiasis. The commonest genus caught wasMusca which was present in relatively large numbers throughout the year.Stomoxys calcitrans was by far the most abundant of the blood-sucking fly species caught.
Résumé
L'auteur a observé durant toute une année les mouches se nourrissant sur un taureau au piquet, dans un ranch de la Nigéria du Nord.
Les captures au filet, ont eu lieu à raison d'un jour par mois et à raison de deux heures le matin, et le soir. Les mouches capturées comprenaient des mouches lécheuses, piqueuses et celles causant des myiases. Le genre le plus communément capturé a été le genreMusca, qui a été de loin le plus abondant parmi les espèces hématophages capturées.
Sumario
Se efectuó un reconocimiento de un año, sobre la prevalencia estacional de moscas, en un rancho localizado en el norte de Nigeria. Las moscas se alimentaron en un toro centinela. La recolección se hizo un día cada mes, dos horas en la mañana y dos en la tarde. Se colectaron moscas que sen alimentan en la superficie, moscas hematófogas y las que causan miasis. De todas las capturas, el géneromusca fue el más común y estuvo presente en abundancia todo el año.
La especie hematófaga más abudante, de todas las atrapadas fue laStomoxys calcitrans.
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Lloyd, D.H., Dipeolu, O.O. Seasonal prevalence of flies feeding on cattle in northern Nigeria. Trop Anim Health Prod 6, 231–236 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02383282
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