A soil emergence trap for collections of phlebotomine sand flies.
The identification of breeding sites of sand flies is of great epidemiological interest. A soil emergence trap for investigating potential sand fly breeding sites is described. The trap was tested in two rural areas in the Mogi Guaçu River Valley where the American cutaneous leishmaniasis is an endemic disease. Seventy-three sand fly individuals of three species, Lutzomyia intermedia s. l., L. whitmani and L. pessoai, were collected on the forest floor and peridomicile.
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Laboratório de Parasitoses por Flagelados, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias do Estado de São Paulo, Mogi Guaçu, SP, 13840-000, Brasil. clcasanova@ig.com.br
D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D004772:Entomology / Q000379:methods*; D010209:Paper; D011576:Psychodidae; D012987:Soil
D012987:Soil