Mechanical transmission of trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, and yaws through the agency of non-biting haematophagous flies. |
Females of most species of the Corethrellidae are haematophagous and feed on anuran blood to obtain protein for egg development. |
While they carried out their mission, Chagas made a number of observations on a haematophagous insect common to the area and popularly known as barbeiro. |