This species was first isolated from flies ( " Musca domestica " and " Stomoxys calcitrans " ) caught in a cow shed in 1992.
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Drought in 1961 and rains throughout the 1962 dry season caused a massive build-up of blood-sucking stable flies ( " Stomoxys calcitrans " ) by May 1962.
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Unlike most members of the family Muscidae, " Stomoxys calcitrans " ('sharp mouth'+'kicking') and others of its genus suck blood from mammals.