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Determination and seasonal abundance of mite predators of the house fly eggs in Cairo and Giza, Egypt. 1989

N M Shanbaky, and R E Hammad

Mite predators on the house fly eggs were collected from manure in two slaughterhouses in Cairo and Giza for 2 successive years. Macrochelidae, Parasitidae and Uropodidae were generally collected in that order of abundance. Macrochelidae was represented by 3 species: M. mascaedomesticae (Scopoli), M. merdarius (Berlese) and Glyptholaspis confusa (Foa). Parasitidae and Uropodidae were represented by P. consanguineus (Oudemans & Voigts) and U. (Fuscuropoda) Marginata (C.L. Koch), respectively. The macrochelid and parasitid species generally attained their highest populations in winter and/or spring from December to May. However, the highest populations of the uropodid species were reached mainly in late spring, summer and autumn from May to October.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008372	Manure	Accumulations of solid or liquid animal excreta usually from stables and barnyards with or without litter material. Its chief application is as a fertilizer. (From Webster's 3d ed)
D008925	Mites	Any arthropod of the subclass ACARI except the TICKS. They are minute animals related to the spiders, usually having transparent or semitransparent bodies. They may be parasitic on humans and domestic animals, producing various irritations of the skin (MITE INFESTATIONS). Many mite species are important to human and veterinary medicine as both parasite and vector. Mites also infest plants.	Acarus,Mite
D004534	Egypt	A country in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula Its capital is Cairo.	Arab Republic of Egypt,United Arab Republic
D006793	Houseflies	Flies of the species Musca domestica (family MUSCIDAE), which infest human habitations throughout the world and often act as carriers of pathogenic organisms.	Musca domestica,Housefly,Musca domesticas,domesticas, Musca
D000003	Abattoirs	Places where animals are slaughtered and dressed for market.	Slaughterhouses,Slaughter House,Slaughter Houses,Abattoir,House, Slaughter,Houses, Slaughter,Slaughterhouse
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012621	Seasons	Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Seasonal Variation,Season,Seasonal Variations,Variation, Seasonal,Variations, Seasonal