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In three different areas in northern Germany, hippoboscids were collected from red deer (Cervus elaphus). Typanosomatids were demonstrated in the midgut and hindgut of 9/37Lipoptena cervi. The trypanosomatids were morphologically similar to vector forms of the subgenusMegatrypanum that had been found in tabanids at the same location 5 years previously. Hippoboscids are therefore potential vectors ofTrypanosoma (Megatrypanum) spp. that infect red deer.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. K. Enigk on the occasion of his 85th birthday (October 23, 1991)
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Böse, R., Petersen, K. Lipoptena cervi (Diptera), a potential vector ofMegatrypanum trypanosomes of deer (Cervidae). Parasitol Res 77, 723–725 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00928691
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