Seasonal abundance of horn flies; siphona irritanis-Haematobia irritanis (Diptera: Muscidae) in Beni-Suef [Egypt]
1990
El-Seify, M.A. (Cairo Univ., Beni-Suef (Egypt). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
The present study was carried out at Beni-Suef Governorate in the period between July, 1988 and June, 1989 to clearify the seasonal prevalence of Haematobia irritans flies. The results revealed that the flies propagation in the summer time predominated the other seasons. Also, the results indicated that the horn flies inhabit the temperate, moisted and semidesert ones. Moreover, the results obtained revealed that the head and neck was the most favourable region for blood sucking.
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