Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) collected at a Costa Rican dairy farm in a vesicular stomatitis endemic area.
This study determined the species composition of sand flies in a vesicular stomatitis endemic area, at Carrizal, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Eight species were collected as follows: Lutzomyia volcanensis (Fairchild & Hertig), L. shannoni (Dyar), Lu. pia (Fairchild & Hertig), L. sanguinaria (Fairchild & Hertig), L. youngi Feliciangeli & Murillo, L. longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva), L. serrana (Damasceno & Arouck), and L. gomezi (Nitzulescu).
Herrero
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PIET, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Jimenez
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Rodriguez
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Pereira
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D000818:Animals; D003364:Costa Rica / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011576:Psychodidae; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013045:Species Specificity; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus