title: Larval habitats of sand flies in rural areas of southern Brazil.
abstract: We report the results of an investigation of natural larval sand fly habitats in the Recanto Marista, Doutor Camargo municipality, Paraná state, Brazil, from May, 2010 to August, 2012. We used Alencar emergence traps (AT), experimental traps (ET), and soil samples incubated in a biochemical oxygen demand incubator. Eight sand flies were collected with ATs. One specimen was collected with an ET and 21 were collected in soil samples. The collected species were Brumptomyia brumpti, Micropygomyia ferreirana, Migonemyia bursiformis, Migonemyia migonei, Nyssomyia neivai, Nyssomyia whitmani, and Pintomyia pessoai. The laval habitats of sand flies were located in the Recanto Marista, especially between tree roots, but the number of adults that emerged in the traps and soil samples was small despite the high density of sand flies that has been recorded in the Recanto Marista.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. karindecastro@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Kárin Rosi
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Reinhold-Castro
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jaqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Carvalho Gasparotto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Cidade Universitária, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Herintha Coeto
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Neitzke-Abreu
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ueslei
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Teodoro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D007814:Larva; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000502:physiology*; D012987:Soil
chemical_list: D012987:Soil
keywords: Phlebotomus; Psychodidae; disease vectorsa; leishmaniasis; pest control; public health