Ecology of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a restricted focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northern Venezuela: II. Species composition in relation to habitat, catching method and hour of catching

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

M. Dora Feliciangeli¹ 

[1] ,Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de L. Salud Centro de Investigaciones BiomédicasMaracay,Venezuela

关键词: ecology of sandflies;    cutaneous leishmaniasis;    northern Venezuela;    catching methods;    hour of catching;    ecologia de flebótomos;    leishmaniose tegumentar;    norte da Venezuela;    métodos de captura;    horário de captura;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761987000100020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The ecology of phlebotomine sandflies in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northern Venezuela (San Esteban, Carabobo State) was investigated through a year-term study. Three different habitats: viz. a house, a pridomestic area and a sylvatic area, were covered and the species composition, the abundance and occurrence of each species were analyzed in relation to the habitats, catching methods and hour of catching. L. panamensis, L. gomezi and L. ovallesi are the species which bite man, although almost exclusively at night. All of them hide by day and are common in the sylvatic area. Moreover, L. panamensis and L. gomezi successfully approach the house and seem to settle in the peridomestic area. L. shannoni and L. olmeca bicolor also approach and accidentally bite man. L. trinidadensis, L. atroclavata and L. cayennensis are the common non-antrhopophilic species in the area.

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