buffalo gnats

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• dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …   Universalium

• Simulium — A genus of biting gnats or midges, the black flies, humpbacked flies, or buffalo gnats in the dipteran family Simuliidae. The aquatic larvae require swift flowing streams or highly oxygenated waters for their development, a critical epidemiologic …   Medical dictionary

• Simuliidae — Sim·u·li·i·dae .sim yə lī ə .dē n pl a family of small biting dipteran flies including the blackflies and related pests and having larvae that usu. live in rapidly flowing water * * * Si·mu·li·i·dae (si″mu leґĭ de) a family of small… …   Medical dictionary

• Culicomorpha — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Onchocerciasis — River blindness, a disease caused by a parasitic worm (Onchocerca volvulus) which is transmitted to persons by biting blackflies (buffalo gnats) that breed in fast flowing rivers. The adult worms can live for up to 15 years in nodules beneath the …   Medical dictionary

• River blindness — Onchocerciasis, a disease caused by a parasitic worm (Onchocerca volvulus) which is transmitted to persons by biting blackflies (buffalo gnats) that breed in fast flowing rivers. The adult worms can live for up to 15 years in nodules beneath the… …   Medical dictionary

• black fly — a small widely distributed bloodsucking insect of the genus Simulium. Black flies are also known as buffalo gnats from their humpbacked appearance. Female flies can inflict painful bites and constitute a serious pest at certain times of the year …   Medical dictionary

• Onchocerca volvulus — a common parasite whose insect vector breeds in fast flowing rivers and streams in tropical regions of the Americas and Africa, particularly West Africa. It is the etiologic agent of human onchocerciasis and is transmitted by the bites of buffalo …   Medical dictionary

• black fly — a small widely distributed bloodsucking insect of the genus Simulium. Black flies are also known as buffalo gnats from their humpbacked appearance. Female flies can inflict painful bites and constitute a serious pest at certain times of the year …   The new mediacal dictionary