Report on a collection of Lutzomyia sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the middle Solimões (Amazonas, Brazil)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Toby Vincent Barrett¹  Rui Alves De Freitas¹  Maria Ivonei Carvalho Albuquerque¹  José Camilo Hurtado Guerrero¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ciências da Saúde Manaus AM ,Brasil

关键词: Diptera;    Psychodidae;    new species;    diversity;    Logseries model;    sample size;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761996000100005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Fifty-two species of Lutzomyia sand flies were identified in contemporaneous samples totalling only 1875 individuals, collected at the same site in tall primary terra-firme rainforest, near the south bank of the Solimões River. The most abundant species belonged to the subgenera Trichophoromyia and Nyssomyia. The subgenera Psathyromyia, Nyssomyia and Psychodopygus represented the greatest number of species. A new, aberrant species of the subgenus Psathyromyia (L. cultellata) and the female of Lu. souzacastroi are described. The Phlebotominae are proposed as a suitable indicator group for biogeographic and diversity studies.

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