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SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Parasitoses
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Mountainous vector of Onchocerca volvulus in Mexico and Guatemala.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Parasitoses
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Les simulies sont de petits diptères simulant un moucheron noir de 1 à 3 mm. On distingue Simulium Damnosum en Afrique et essentiellement Simulium ochraceum et metallicum dans quelques foyers Sud-américains. Ils transmettent l'onchocercose (filariose) responsable de la cécité des rivières [...]

Spanish

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