title: New Records and Updated Checklist of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) From Liberia.
abstract: Phlebotomine sand flies from three counties in Liberia were collected from January 2011 to July 2013. In total, 3,118 sand flies were collected: 18 species were identified, 13 of which represented new records for Liberia. An updated taxonomic checklist is provided with a brief note on sand fly biology, and the disease vector potential for species is discussed.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center Det., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 1600 Clifton Rd, 649, Bldg 23, office 9-117, Atlanta, GA 30329 (Yry3@cdc.gov), Yry3@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Obenauer
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Entomology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Imtidad Ramses Street, Adjacent to Abbassa Fever Hospital, Abbassa, Postal Code 11517 (ruedapol@si.edu; shabaanelhossary57@yahoo.com; Noha.Watany.eg@med.navy.mil).
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rueda
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Entomology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Imtidad Ramses Street, Adjacent to Abbassa Fever Hospital, Abbassa, Postal Code 11517 (ruedapol@si.edu; shabaanelhossary57@yahoo.com; Noha.Watany.eg@med.navy.mil).
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: El-Hossary
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Entomology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Imtidad Ramses Street, Adjacent to Abbassa Fever Hospital, Abbassa, Postal Code 11517 (ruedapol@si.edu; shabaanelhossary57@yahoo.com; Noha.Watany.eg@med.navy.mil).
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watany
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru, 3230 Lima, PI, Washington, DC, 20521-3230 (craig.a.stoops.mil@mail.mil), and.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stoops
authors.affiliation: Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, P.O. Box 31, Charlesville, Margibi County, Monrovia, Liberia (lawfako2008@yahoo.com; bolayf@lr.afro.who.int).
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Fakoli
authors.affiliation: Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, P.O. Box 31, Charlesville, Margibi County, Monrovia, Liberia (lawfako2008@yahoo.com; bolayf@lr.afro.who.int).
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Bolay
authors.affiliation: U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt (DiclaroJW@state.gov).
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Diclaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D057189:Checklist; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D007988:Liberia; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D012621:Seasons
keywords: Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus; Sergentomyia; West Africa