First report of Symphoromyia immaculata (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Italy, with the description of its attack and blood-feeding behaviour on human hosts

Specimens from a swarm of Symphoromyia immaculata (Meigen, 1820) were collected in the act of biting people in a farmhouse in Central Italy. The species is distributed in West and Central Europe and eastwards in Northwest Russia. This is the first record of S. immaculata in Italy, with a documented...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research
Main Authors: F. Romiti, C. De Liberato, A. Magliano, A. Ermenegildi, I. Del Lesto, P. Beuk
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2021
Subjects:
Tabanoidea
Rhagionidae
blood-sucking fly
Symphoromyia
Umbria
Italian fauna
Zoology
QL1-991
Northwest Russia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2021.9315
https://doaj.org/article/712ef48e9d74438296f0673b76fcf020
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Summary:Specimens from a swarm of Symphoromyia immaculata (Meigen, 1820) were collected in the act of biting people in a farmhouse in Central Italy. The species is distributed in West and Central Europe and eastwards in Northwest Russia. This is the first record of S. immaculata in Italy, with a documented case of humans suffering from bites of this species.

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