Microbiota in Stomoxys calcitrans segments in Brazil:: First description of species

This study report the first description of bacterial species recovered from body segments of Stomoxys calcitrans collected in dairy farms from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Eighteen out of 33 isolated and identified species were unknown in stable flies by the worldwide literature. Some of these species have the potential to develop diseases in man and other animals and some others have not been described yet as pathogenic agents.