title: Distribution of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of medical importance in Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
abstract: Intense environmental impacts, causing alterations of the natural habitats of fauna, including those of sandfly disease vectors are observed in Mato Grosso State, Central Brazil. Entomologic survey of phlebotomines was based on light trap and was carried out by entomological nucleus of the FUNASA and SES in the period between 1996 and 2001. Eighty eight species were identified, including the following sandflies with medical importance to leishmaniasis: Lutzomyia amazonensis, L. anduzei, L. antunesi, L. ayrozai, L. carrerai carrerai, L. complexa, L. cruzi, L. flaviscutellata, L. intermedia, L. longipalpis, L. migonei, L. paraensis, L. ubiquitalis, L. whitmani and L. yuilli yuilli. Most sandflies of medical importance occurred in the Amazon forest and savannah. L. longipalpis and L. cruzi had high densities in the savannah region. L. flaviscutellata is predominating in both the Amazon forest and the savannah region. L. whitmani and L. antunesi were sampled in the Amazon forest, savannah and marsh land.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Júlio Muller, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, MT, Brasil. anadarlingi@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia Maria
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Nanci Akemi
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Missawa
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zeilhofer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D014197:Trees