Short-horned flies (Diptera: Brachycera) are ectoparasites of warm-blooded animals
Ageeva, T.I.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 3: 44-46
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 17912836 Document Number: 614858
In the Orenburg Region, the fauna of blood-sucking short-horned flies comprises 23 species, including 12 obligate hematophagi and 11 facultative ones. The collected flies belong to the families Tabanidae and Muscidae. Dominant species, their spread, environmental characteristics, and phenological features have been established. The ratio of various types of blood-sucking flies has been analyzed.