| anthropophily, zoophily and roles in onchocerciasis transmission of the djodji form of simulium sanctipauli and s. squamosum in a forest zone of togo. | adult female simulium damnosum s.l. were caught at human and cattle bait at djodji in togo. two members of the simulium damnosum complex, the djodji form of s. sanctipauli (74.9% of the total catch) and s. squamosum (25.1%), were identified and both were mainly anthropophilic. although each species was also recorded feeding on cattle or turkey baits, most flies which were caught at animal baits did not take blood from them. flies caught unfed at the cattle bait tended to be larger and have highe ... | 1988 | 3175468 |
| identification of two west african black flies (diptera: simuliidae) of the simulium damnosum species complex by analysis of cuticular paraffins. | simulium damnosum is known to be a sibling species complex with at least 24 cytotaxonomically distinct forms in africa. of these, six occur in the area of west africa covered by the world health organization onchocerciasis control programme. they are all vectors of onchocerca volvulus, and several are capable of migrating great distances. we report here a comparatively simple chemical method of species identification using individual adult females of pooled samples that have been collected and s ... | 1981 | 6118031 |
| deforestation and the spatio-temporal distribution of savannah and forest members of the simulium damnosum complex in southern ghana and south-western togo. | spatio-temporal data on cytotaxonomic identifications of larvae of different members of the simulium damnosum complex collected from rivers in southern ghana and south-western togo from 1975 until 1997 were analysed. when the data were combined, the percentages of savannah blackflies (s. damnosum sensu stricto and s. sirbanum) in the samples were shown to have been progressively increasing since 1975. the increases were statistically significant (p < 0.001), but the rates of increase were not li ... | 2002 | 12625139 |