Observations on the sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna of Além Paraíba, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and the isolation of a parasite of the Leishmania braziliensis complex from Psychodopygus hirsuta hirsuta.
Dissection of 765 sandflies captured in Além Paraíba (the type locality of Leishmania braziliensis) resulted in the isolation, from Psychodopygus hirsuta hirsuta, of a parasite of the Le. braziliensis complex.
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*