Phlebotomus mascittii

Phlebotomus mascittii
Systematics
Partial order :	Psychodomorpha
Superfamily :	Psychodoidea
Family :	Butterfly mosquitoes (Psychodidae)
Subfamily :	Sand flies (Phlebotominae)
Genre :	Phlebotomus
Type :	Phlebotomus mascittii
Scientific name
	Phlebotomus mascittii
	Grassi , 1908

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The pharynx (gullet) inside the mosquito serves in connection with the mouthparts to suck up the food and has a specific structure in Phlebotomus mascittii .

Phlebotomus mascittii is a species from the subfamily of sandflies (Phlebotominae), which belong to the butterfly mosquitoes (Psychodidae). The blood-sucking mosquitoes are suspected to be carriers of diseases such as leishmaniasis .

features

The individuals are about 3 mm tall. With their wide mouthparts they can cut open the skin of mammals and then suck up the mixture of blood and lymph flowing out of the wound . The species is suspected of being a vector ( vector ) for leishmania .

distribution

It occurs mainly in the Mediterranean area, its range includes parts of southern Europe and the Middle East as well as North Africa. Due to climate change, it is also penetrating further north in Europe, including Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany and Belgium. The proof in southwest Germany took place in 1999.

Individual evidence

↑ https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/phlebotomus-mascittii-current-known-distribution-may-2020
^ Andreas Frey: Sand flies in Germany: pests on the advance. Spektrum.de from August 5, 2020, accessed on August 11, 2020
^ ^A ^b Vit Dvorak, Kristyna Hlavackova, Alica Kocisova & Petr Volf: First record of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii in Slovakia . Parasite, 2016, 23, 48, 2016 ( PDF )

literature

Thomas Schnieder (Ed.): Veterinary Parasitology. 6th edition, Parey, Stuttgart 2006, p. 55, ISBN 3-8304-4135-5

Web links

Phlebotomus mascittii at Fauna Europaea , Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, 2014, accessed on August 11, 2020
Sand flies in Germany: pests on the rise. Spektrum.de from August 5, 2020, accessed on August 11, 2020

[ECDC-1] ttps://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/phlebotomus-mascittii-current-known-distribution-may-2020

[Spektrum-2] Andreas Frey: Sand flies in Germany: pests on the advance. Spektrum.de from August 5, 2020, accessed on August 11, 2020

[Parasite-3] A ^b Vit Dvorak, Kristyna Hlavackova, Alica Kocisova & Petr Volf: First record of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii in Slovakia . Parasite, 2016, 23, 48, 2016 ( PDF )