title: Phlebotominae sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae): potential vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis agents in the area associated with the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric System in Western Amazonian Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An entomological study was conducted as part of a vector-monitoring program in the area associated with the Santo Antônio hydroelectric system in State of Rondônia, Western Amazonian Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen sampling sites were surveyed to obtain data on the potential vectors of Leishmania spp. in the area. Sand flies were collected from 2011 to 2014 during the months of January/February (rainy season), May/June (dry season), and September/October (intermediary season) using light traps arranged in three vertical strata (0.5, 1, and 20m).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 7,575 individuals belonging to 62 species/subspecies were collected. The five most frequently collected sand flies were Psychodopygus davisi (Root) (36.67%), Trichophoromyia ubiquitalis (Mangabeira) (8.51%), Nyssomyia umbratilis (Ward & Fraiha) (6.14%), Bichromomyia flaviscutellata (Mangabeira) (5.74%), and Psychodopygus complexus (Mangabeira) (5.25%). These species have been implicated in the transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis agents in the Brazilian Amazon region and described as potential vectors of this disease in the study area.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Additional surveillance is needed, especially in areas where these five species of sand fly are found.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Entomologia Médica, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil.
authors.forename: Allan Kardec Ribeiro
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Galardo
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Entomologia Médica, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil.
authors.forename: Clícia Denis
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Galardo
authors.affiliation: Santo Antônio Energia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme Abbad
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Santo Antônio Energia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kaio Augusto Nabas
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Saneamento Ambiental Projetos e Operações Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andréa Valadão
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Hijjar
authors.affiliation: Saneamento Ambiental Projetos e Operações Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liliane Leite
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Instituto Evandro Chagas, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thiago Vasconcelos
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission; D011156:Population Density; D011210:Power Plants; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D012621:Seasons