PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES FROM SAO-GABRIEL-DA-CACHOEIRA (STATE OF AMAZONAS, BRAZIL) WITH A DESCRIPTION OF LUTZOMYIA (PSYCHODOPYGUS) DOURADOI N-SP (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE)

Authors
FE NF DEFREITAS RA BARRETT TV
Citation
Nf. Fe et al., PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES FROM SAO-GABRIEL-DA-CACHOEIRA (STATE OF AMAZONAS, BRAZIL) WITH A DESCRIPTION OF LUTZOMYIA (PSYCHODOPYGUS) DOURADOI N-SP (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE), Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 93(3), 1998, pp. 331-336
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine",Parasitiology
Journal title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz → ACNP
ISSN journal
00740276
Volume
93
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
331 - 336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(1998)93:3<331:PSFFS(>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Thirty-Jive species of Lutzomyia and two species of Brumptomyia were i dentified among 795 phlebotomines taken in light-traps near the upper reaches of the middle Rio Negro. The subgenus Psychodopygus predominat ed in number of species (II) and relative abundance (74-81% in light t rap samples from the forest and 99% on human bait). For many of the sp ecies these records help to fill large gaps on current maps of distrib ution, and for others (L. olmeca novica, L. mangabeirana, L. triacanth a) the findings represent a significant expansion of their known range . A new species in the subgenus Psychodopygus (L. douradoi) is describ ed fron both sexes, and L. bettinii is recorded for the first time in Brazil.