[Phlebotomine sandflies of Southern Brazil].
OBJECTIVE
To identify the sandfly fauna and some aspects of their behavior in forest and anthropic environments.


METHODS
Sandfly captures were undertaken in farm (23 degrees 6' S; 50 degrees 22' W), in Southern Brazil. Falcão light traps were set in forest, domicile and domestic animal shelters and mosquitoes were collected monthly, between 17h and 7h, from March 1997 to February 1998.


RESULTS
A total of 3,655 specimens representing 13 species were captured. Nyssomyia whitmani and Nyssomyia neivai were the predominant species, with a total of 2,977 specimens (81.0%). Of these two species, a total of 2,552 (85.7%) specimens were captured in intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary environments, 2,332 (91.3%) of them in a pigsty. These two species predominated between 20h-21h when 90.4% of the specimens were captured.


CONCLUSIONS
Five sandfly species, N. whitmani, N. neivai, Migonemyia migonei, Pintomyia pessoai and Pintomyia fischeri, potential vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis, were captured. The importance of the two former species is emphasized, since both presented similar behavior in regard to seasonal period, hourly frequency and predominance in the anthropic environment. Besides, N. whitmani was the most predominant species.
Massafera
Rubens
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Núcleo de Entomologia de Jacarezinho, Estado da Saúde do Paraná, Jacarezinho, PR, Brasil.
da Silva
Allan Martins
AM
de Carvalho
Antônio Plácido
AP
dos Santos
Demilson Rodrigues
DR
Galati
Eunice Aparecida Bianchi
EA
Teodoro
Ueslei
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D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001938:Brazil; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000145:classification; D011156:Population Density; D012621:Seasons; D014197:Trees