Nairobi fly dermatitis
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Nairobi fly
dermatitis (also known as "Kenya fly dermatitis," and "Nairobi eye") is a cutaneous condition caused by Paederus eximius, a rove beetle
found in Northern Kenya.
Nairobi fly
The name Nairobi fly or Kenya fly is applied to two species of beetle which live in East Africa, Paederus crebinpunctatus and Paederus sabaeus. They are species of the rove beetle genus Paederus, and are black and red in colour, and about 6–10 mm long...
dermatitis (also known as "Kenya fly dermatitis," and "Nairobi eye") is a cutaneous condition caused by Paederus eximius, a rove beetle
Rove beetle
The rove beetles are a large family of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With over 46,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the second largest family of beetles after the Curculionidae...
found in Northern Kenya.