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Sandflies of the Phlebotomus perniciosus complex: mitochondrial introgression and a new sibling species of P. longicuspis in the Moroccan Rif.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Mar 2004
Pesson B, Ready J S, Benabdennbi I, Martín-Sánchez J, Esseghir S, Cadi-Soussi M, Morillas-Marquez F, Ready P D
Abstract excerpt
The bloodsucking adult females of Phlebotomus perniciosus Newstead and P. longicuspis Nitzulescu (Diptera: Psychodidae) are important vectors of the protozoan Leishmania infantum Nicolle (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in western Mediterranean countries. The species status of the two phlebotomine sandflies was assessed, along with the epidemiological implications. Individual sandflies from three Moroccan Rif...
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