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Phlebotomus perniciosus

Phlebotomus perniciosus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Pappataci fever (also known as phlebotomus fever and, somewhat confusingly, sandfly fever and three-day fever) is a vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus. It occurs in subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. The name, pappataci fever, comes from the Italian word for sandfly; it is the union of the words pappa (usually this is used as a generic name for food, but in this case it is a verb meaning "eating") and taci (silent), distinguishing these insects from blood-feeding mosquitoes, which produce a typical noise while flying.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 93Switzerland · 81Italy · 80France · 37Germany · 1