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WE have discovered recently the existence of a description of a sandfly by Phillipo Bonanni1 published in 1691, together with an interesting plate. So far as we are aware, there is no mention of it in recent literature, and it is unknown to other workers on Phlebotomus.
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Bonanni, Phillipo, "Micrographia curiosa", p. 43, in "Observationscirca viventia quæ in rebus non viventibus reperiuntur. Cum micrographia curiosa etc." (Rome, 1691).
Larrouse, F., "Étude systematique et médicale des Phlébotomes" (Paris, 1921).
Scopoli, G. A., "Deliciæ faun, et flor. insubriciæ", 1, 55 (Pavia,.1786).
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LAVOIPIERRE, M., LAMBERT, P. A Sandfly Described in 1691. Nature 159, 444 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159444b0
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