A Simplified Identification key of Egyptian Sandfly Species

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

2 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to simplify the identification of sandflies of Egypt so that, a simple illustrated key was prepared for 9 Phlebotomus and 13 Sergentomyia species representing the sandfly fauna of Egypt.

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