| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1976 |
| Authors: | O. O. Dipeolu |
| Journal: | East African Wildlife Journal |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Pagination: | 229-232 |
| Date Published: | 1976 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Haematobia minuta, Musca crassirostris, Nigeria, Stomoxys calcitrans, Stomoxys niger, Tabanidae, Tabanus necopinus, Tabanus taeniola |
| Abstract: | Catches of biting flies were carried out at the Zoo of the University of Ibadan. Of 2069 flies caught between October 1973 and September 1974, 88% were Stomoxys spp., S. nigra Macq. being commoner than S. calcitrans (L.). Other important species were Ancala necopina (Aust.) (Tabanus necopinus), Tabanus taeniola P. de B., Haematobia minuta (Bez.) (Lyperosia minuta) and Musca crassirostris Stein, nearly all of which were engorged. All blood-sucking flies were most abundant in the evenings, but species of Musca were most numerous in the afternoons. |
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