PROPHYLAXIS IN PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER 



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Papataci or phlebotomus fever is carried, not by a 

 mosquito, but by one of the biting psychodidae. The 

 species implicated is known as Phlebotomus papatasii, but 



a, Shape of wing and venation in Phlebotomus minutus denuded of hairs. 



b, Side view (only one side shown) of claspers, &c., of Phlebotomus papatasii. 



FIG. 70. 



probably other species are carriers. Those insects are not 

 sandflies, Simulida:, and are recognized by the peculiarly 

 pointed tips to the wings and the thick covering of the 



