Fossil Psychodoid Flies and Their Relation to Parasitic Diseases

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 35-37

  Azar, Dany ^a,b   Nel, André ^c  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Amber; Blood feeder; Fossil psychodoidea; Sand flies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FLY; FOSSIL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEBANON; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PSYCHODIDAE; SUCKING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; PSYCHODOIDEA;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0346880418     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900007     Document Type: Article

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