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Mosquito Magnet ® traps as a potential means of monitoring blackflies of medical and veterinary importance

David López-peñaJolyon M. MedlockRobert ChekeC. JohnstonAlexander G.c. VauxGabriella GibsonÁ. Lis-cantínFrances M. Hawkes

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0301 basic medicineVeterinary medicineS1Simulium posticatum030231 tropical medicineCattle DiseasesMosquito VectorsDisease VectorsSimulium lineatumBiologyOnchocerciasisSimulium ornatumSimuliidosisPlagues Control03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineparasitic diseasesAnimalsSimuliidaeHorsesVeterinàriaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsGeneral VeterinaryfungiSimulium equinum030108 mycology & parasitologySweet itchCulicidaeInsect ScienceVector (epidemiology)CattleHorse DiseasesParasitologyOnchocercaNuisance

description

Mosquito Magnet® traps, deployed in widespread parts of England as part of nationwide mosquito surveillance projects, also caught blackflies. As many as 1242 blackflies were caught in a trapping session lasting 4 days. Principal among the species caught were Simulium equinum, Simulium lineatum and Simulium ornatum s.l. As S. ornatum s.l. is a vector that transmits Onchocerca linealis to cattle and S. equinum is responsible for dermatitis ('sweet itch') in cattle and horses, it is suggested that Mosquito Magnet® traps could be used to monitor and partially control these pests, as well as nuisance anthropophilic blackflies such as Simulium posticatum that can cause simuliidosis in southern England.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-11-08Medical and Veterinary Entomology
https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12530