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Studies on vectors of kala-azar in Kenya: Phlebotomus heischi (Diptera, Psychodidae) Kirk and Lewis, a new male record in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Mutuku J. Mutinga ,
John B. Kaddu ,
Joseph O. Olobo ,
Francis M. Kyai  and
David M. Omogo
Mutuku J. Mutinga
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
John B. Kaddu
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
Joseph O. Olobo
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
Francis M. Kyai
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
David M. Omogo
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

Anthropophilic phlebotomine sandfly, Phlebotomus heischi, has previously been reported in Kenya by Kirk and Lewis (1950). Only one sandfly (female) specimen was reported. The present paper reports and redescribes the male form of P. heischi from Kalawa, Machakos District, Kenya, a region of a recent epidemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis.

Keywords

PhlebotomusPhlebotomus heischiphlebotomine sandfliesleishmaniasis
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 1983 , pp. 253 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1983

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