Ecology of sand flies (Diptera: psychodidae: phlebotominae) in the north of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Peixoto de Azevedo is located in the north of State of Mato Grosso, where environmental alterations led to an outbreak of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the 80s. The parasite from patients was characterized as Leishmania (V.) braziliensis. The aim of this study is to contribute to the sand fly ecology of Central-West Brazil. Captures were carried out monthly using CDC light traps. Twenty-six species of sand fly were characterized; among which Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) spathotrichia, L. runoides and L. (Psychodopygus) llanosmartinsi were recorded in the State of Mato Grosso for the first time. L. (Nyssomyia) whitmani, L. (N.) antunesi, L. (L.) spathotrichia, L. (P.) c. carrerai, L. (P.) complexa, L. (P.) lainsoni and L. (N.) umbratilis constituted 92.4% of the local fauna, among which L. (N.) whitmani and L. (N.) antunesi, accounting for about 53% of the fauna at the stations of capture. On the vertical distribution of sand flies on the Beira-Rio Farm, L. (N.) whitmani and L. (N.) antunesi prevailed at ground level and in the canopy, respectively, whereas on the BR-080, L. (P.) llanosmartinsi was prevalent on the ground and L. (P.) c. carrerai, in the canopy. It is suggested that L. (N.) umbratilis is the local vector.
Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil.
Alfredo C R
AC
Azevedo
Nataly A
NA
Souza
Cláudio R V
CR
Meneses
Wagner A
WA
Costa
Simone M
SM
Costa
José B
JB
Lima
Elizabeth F
EF
Rangel
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*