| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1975 |
| Authors: | W. L. Krinsky, Pechuman L. L. |
| Journal: | Journal of Parasitology |
| Volume: | 61 |
| Pagination: | 12-16 |
| Date Published: | 1975 |
| Keywords: | Chrysops ater, Chrysops callidus, Chrysops calvus, Chrysops cincticornis, Chrysops cuclux, Chrysops frigidus, Chrysops geminatus, Chrysops indus, Chrysops macquarti, Chrysops mitis, Chrysops niger, Chrysops shermani, Chrysops univittatus, Chrysops vittatus, Hybomitra aurilimbus, Hybomitra difficilis, Hybomitra epistates, Hybomitra illota, Hybomitra lasiophthalma, Hybomitra microcephala, Hybomitra sodalis, Hybomitra zonalis, New York, Parasites, Tabanidae, Tabanus calens, Tabanus fairchildi, Tabanus lineola, Tabanus marginalis, Tabanus nigripes, Tabanus quinquevittatus, Tabanus sackeni, Tabanus similis, Tabanus sparus, Tabanus sulcifrons, Tabanus superjumentarius, Trypanosoma theileri, USA |
| Abstract: | Tabanids were collected during 2 consecutive summers from 3 counties in New York using a canopy trap and insect net. Twenty-seven per cent of all fly specimens (N equals 641) representing 69% of the species collected (N equals 36) were infected with flagellates. Tabanid intestines harbored amastigote, choanomastigote, and epimastigote forms. Epimastigotes were frequently found, and trypomastigotes and choanomastigotes rarely found in cultures of tabanid intestinal flagellates. Epimastigote and trypomastigote forms closely resembled Trypanosoma theileri-like trypanosomes reported from ruminants. |
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