COLLECTIONS OF SAND FLIES (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) FROM MAMMAL BURROWS IN AN AREA OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN CAMPECHE, MEXICO

Authors
REBOLLARTELLEZ EA ANDRADENARVAEZ FJ FERNANDEZSALAS I REYESVILLANUEVA F
Citation
Ea. Rebollartellez et al., COLLECTIONS OF SAND FLIES (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) FROM MAMMAL BURROWS IN AN AREA OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN CAMPECHE, MEXICO, Entomological news, 107(5), 1996, pp. 317-321
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomological news → ACNP
ISSN journal
0013872X
Volume
107
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
317 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-872X(1996)107:5<317:COSF(P>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Sand flies were caught from December 1993 to November 1994 in an endem ic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the state of Campeche, Mexico. A total of 566 sand flies of seven species were collected using emerge nce funnel-traps, at openings of several mammal burrows. The main spec ies collected were Lutzomyia deleoni and Brumptomyia hamata. Populatio n abundance was found bimodal with the first and higher peak from Janu ary to March. A small second peak was found from May to October.