title: Phlebotomine sandflies fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) at rural settlements in the municipality of Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Leishmaniasis is expanding across Brazil, including the State of Mato Grosso (MT). The aim of this study was to characterize the phlebotomine sandfly fauna at threerural settlements located in the municipality of Cáceres, MT, from August 2010 to July 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sandfly captures were conducted at the forest border and in intra and peridomicile areas with automatic light traps, biweekly, from 5pm to 6am.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 630 sandflies collected, 348 were female, and 282 were male. Captured specimens were distributed across 11 genera - Brumptomyia, Evandromyia, Expapillata, Lutzomyia, Martinsmyia, Micropygomyia, Nyssomyia, Pintomyia, Psathyromyia, Psychodopygus, and Sciopemyia - and 28 species. Among these, six species had not been marked yet in MT (Brumptomyia avellari, Br. mangabeirai, Evandromyia aldafalcaoae, Micropygomyia echinatopharynx, Micropygomyia peresi, and Pa. campograndensis). Nyssomyia whitmani was the most abundant species across ecotopes at all settlements. Interestingly, Lutzomyia longipalpis and Lutzomyia cruzi were found in sympatry.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The disorganized occupation of the environment that is happening at the rural settlements of Mata Comprida, Laranjeira I and II could provide opportunities for the domiciliation of wild populations of phlebotomine, including vectors of leishmaniasis. Therefore, more studies are needed to understand the epidemiology of the disease in these areas and its impact on the human population.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
authors: Graziella Borges
authors: GB
authors: Alves
authors: Elisa Teruya
authors: ET
authors: Oshiro
authors: Marcio da Cruz
authors: Mda C
authors: Leite
authors: Aline Vidor
authors: AV
authors: Melão
authors: Letícia Moraes
authors: LM
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Nathália Lopes Fontoura
authors: NL
authors: Mateus
authors: Reginaldo Peçanha
authors: RP
authors: Brazil
authors: José Dilermando
authors: JD
authors: Andrade Filho
authors: Alessandra Gutierrez
authors: AG
authors: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D012424:Rural Population; D012621:Seasons