| simulium jenningsi malloch (diptera: simuliidae): a vector of onchocerca lienalis stiles (nematoda: filarioidea) in new york. | biting flies were collected from the umbilical areas of onchocerca lienalis-infected cattle in new york (state) from june through september of 1980. of the 766 flies collected, 705 were simulium jenningsi. microfilariae were detected in the midguts of 37 (50%) of 73 females dissected immediately after the flies had fed. the mean number of larvae per positive fly (fly with microfilariae) was 15.2. third-stage larvae were recovered from 25 (21.9%) of 114 s jenningsi dissected 8 to 13 days after th ... | 1983 | 6686418 |