Phlebotomus ariasi
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Phlebotomus ariasi is a butterfly mosquito within the subfamily of sand flies (Phlebotominae).
features
The mosquitoes have a body length of 1.8 to 2.5 millimeters (males) or 2 to 3 millimeters (females). Your body is yellowish-gray in color and has a reddish-brown thorax . The body is hairy evenly, on the abdomen there are upright hairs on each segment at the rear edge. The species can be confused with Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus sergenti .
Way of life and distribution
The animals are found locally in the Pyrenees and northwestern Africa. The larvae develop in dark, humid, and warm places where organic waste is available. The females suck blood and stab humans above all on the ankles and wrists. They transmit viruses that cause three-day fever and phlebotomic fever , as well as leishmania ( Leishmania ).
supporting documents
literature
- Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Flies and Mosquitoes. Observation, way of life . 1st edition. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena and Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89440-278-4 .