Reconstructing the post-glacial spread of the sand fly Phlebotomus mascittii Grassi, 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Europe

Reconstructing the post-glacial spread of the sand fly Phlebotomus mascittii Grassi, 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Europe

Abstract Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) are the principal vectors of Leishmania spp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae). In Central Europe, Phlebotomus mascittii is the predominant species, but largely understudied. To better understand factors driving its current distribution, we...

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Main Authors: Edwin Kniha, Vít Dvořák, Stephan Koblmüller, Jorian Prudhomme, Vladimir Ivović, Ina Hoxha, Sandra Oerther, Anna Heitmann, Renke Lühken, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Denis Sereno, Alice Michelutti, Federica Toniolo, Pedro M. Alarcón-Elbal, Daniel Bravo-Barriga, Mikel A. González, Javier Lucientes, Vito Colella, Domenico Otranto, Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos, Gernot Kunz, Adelheid G. Obwaller, Jerome Depaquit, Amer Alić, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Bulent Alten, Jasmin Omeragic, Petr Volf, Julia Walochnik, Viktor Sebestyén, Attila J. Trájer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05616-1

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