title: Ecological aspects of the Phlebotominae fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Xakriabá Indigenous Reserve, Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sand fly collections were performed to study ecological aspects of the Phlebotominae fauna of the Xakriabá Indigenous Reserve, an area with endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis, located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  The collections were performed in peridomicile areas and along trails previously selected for the study of wild and synanthropic Leishmania hosts. Differences in the distribution patterns of the sand fly species as well as in species richness and abundance between the different ecotopes were investigated during both rainy and dry seasons over the course of the study period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 8,046 sand flies belonging to 11 genera and 28 species were collected. Lutzomyia longipalpis and Nyssomyia intermedia were the most abundant species in peridomicile areas, whereas Martinsmyia minasensis and Lutzomyia cavernicola were the most abundant species among the different trail ecotopes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The different composition of the sand fly fauna observed in the peridomicile areas and in the trails during the study, reinforces the importance of sampled different areas in a phlebotomine fauna survey. The presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis and Ny. Intermedia most abundant in peridomicile can be important to Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis transmission in the Imbaúbas native village.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av, Augusto de Lima, 1715 Barro Preto, CEP 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. felipedutra@cpqrr.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Felipe Dutra
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Rêgo
authors.forename: Paloma Helena Fernandes
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Shimabukuro
authors.forename: Patrícia Flávia
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Quaresma
authors.forename: Igor Rismo
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Gabriel Barbosa
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Tonelli
authors.forename: Kelly Medrado Scofield
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Ricardo Andrade
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Barata
authors.forename: Edelberto Santos
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Célia Maria Ferreira
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gontijo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002980:Climate; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D055669:Ecological and Environmental Phenomena; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044382:Population Groups; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons