Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) collected on the banks of the Velhas River in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Lara Saraiva¹  Gustavo Mayr De Lima Carvalho¹  Cristiani De Castilho Sanguinette¹  Deborah Aparecida Alves De Carvalho¹  Alda Lima Falcão¹  José Dilermando Andrade Filho¹ 

[1] ,Fiocruz Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou Centro de Referência Nacional e Internacional para FlebotomíneosBelo Horizonte MG ,Brasil

关键词: Phlebotominae;    leishmaniasis;    Velhas River;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762008000800018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Leishmaniases are endemic to several Brazilian states, including Minas Gerais. As many cases of these diseases are diagnosed in Minas Gerais every year, this paper aimed to determine the diversity of the species of sandflies vector of leishmaniases, in Lassance and Corinto on the banks of the Velhas River. Over two years, 21,014 specimens of sandflies, belonging to 19 species were captured with light traps. Of these specimens, Nyssomyia neivai (Pinto 1926) (84.18%), Nyssomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva 1912) (13.41%), Evandromyia lenti(Mangabeira 1938) (0.99%) and Evandromyia sallesi (Galvão & Coutinho 1939) (0.48%) were the most represented. The former two species could be involved in the epidemiological chain of leishmaniasis in this region. No significant difference was found between the species compositions on the two river banks.

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