title: [Evaluation of sandfly control in Lobato municipality, Paraná State, southern Brazil].
abstract: Sandfly control measures were evaluated at the Da Barra Ranch, Lobato municipality, Paraná State, Brazil. The insects were captured with Falcão traps in houses, a cattle corral, and a forest area from July to November 1999 and from February to June 2000. In December 1999 and January 2000 the following measures were taken to decrease the sandfly density in peridomiciliary areas and domiciles: (i) screens were placed on windows of buildings (domiciles, dormitory, cafeteria); (ii) all organic material was cleaned from the peridomiciliary area; and (iii) buildings were sprayed for insects. There were more Nyssomyia whitmani, Pintomyia fischeri, P. monticola, and Brumptomyia brumpti specimens in the former period, while N. neivai, Migonemyia migonei, and N. pessoai predominated in the latter. In the initial period most of the sandflies were captured in the forest and in the latter period in the houses. The sandfly control measures did not reduce the sandfly population on the Da Barra Ranch, but they led to significant proportional changes in the insect fauna composition.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Maringá, PR 87020-900, Brazil. uteodoro@uem.br
authors.forename: Ueslei
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Teodoro
authors.forename: Demilson Rodrigues
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Ademar Rodrigues
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Otílio de
authors.initials: Od
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Elcio Silvestre
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Herintha Coeto
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Neitzke
authors.forename: Wuelton Marcelo
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: Robson Marcelo
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Maria Valdrinez Campana
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lonardoni
authors.forename: Thaís Gomes Verzignassi
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Silveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011156:Population Density; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D014197:Trees