Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of Alagoas state, northeast of Brazil.
The phlebotomine sandflies of the state of Alagoas are poorly known, with more than 40 years since the last report on sandflies in the state. In here, Psathyromyia brasiliensis (Costa Lima), Micropygomyia quinquefer (Dyar,) and Evandromyia termitophila (Martins, Falcão & Silva) are registered for the first time in Alagoas. This report increases to nine the number of species collected in the state, including Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva), Migonemyia migonei (França), Nyssomyia whitmani (Antunes & Coutinho) and Nyssomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva), all vectors of Leishmania in Brazil.
Andrade Filho
José D
JD
Centro de Referência Nacional e Internacional para Flebotomíneos, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Belo Horizonte, MG. jandrade@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
Brazil
Reginaldo P
RP
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification