Hippelates

(hip'ĕ-lā'tēz),

The eye gnats, a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae (fruit flies) that are attracted to the bodily secretions and fluids of animals and humans, particularly those in the eyes. Hippelates is suspected of transmitting certain types of conjunctivitis (such as pinkeye), bovine mastitis, and yaws (frambesia tropica).

[G. hippelatēs, driver of horses]

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References in periodicals archive

The transmission of yaws from man to rabbits by an insect vector, Hippelates pallipes (Loew).

Widespread Treponema pallidum Infection in Nonhuman Primates, Tanzania

1 Chloropidae Apallates dissidens 12 (Tucker) Hippelates plebjus Loew Liohippelates pusio 15 (Loew) Monochaetoscinella 1 sp.

The diversity of insects visiting flowers of saw palmetto (Arecaceae)

The role of the eye gnat Hippelates pusio has been evaluated, showing that it is able to transmit the rickettsia up to three days after ingestion of infected erythrocytes [23].

A feeding association between Hippelates (Diptera:Chloropidae) and Tabanidae on cattle: Its possible role in transmission of anaplasmosis.

?Es Boophilus microplus el Principal Vector de Anaplasma marginale? Nota tecnica

Por otra parte, existen himenopteros eucoilidos del genero Hexacola, parasitoides de los cloropidos del genero Liohippelates (como Hippelates en publicaciones anteriores) (Mulla 1962, Legner y Bay 1965, Legner et al.

near websteri (Eucoilinae: Hymenoptera), a larval-pupal parasite of Hippelates eye gnats (Diptera: Chloropidae).

Predatory and parasitic agents attacking the Hippelates pusio complex in Puerto Rico.

Parasitic and predacious agents affecting the Hippelates pusio complex in Jamaica and Trinidad.

Parasitismo entre especies (Diptera, Hymenoptera) en los nidos de Stictia signata

Isolation of Haemophilus aegyptius associated with Brazilian purpuric fever, of Chloropidae (Diptera) of the genera Hippelates and Liohippelates [in Portuguese].

Suspected Brazilian purpuric fever, Brazilian Amazon Region

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