Gravid females of 2 sand fly species, Phlebotomus papatasi and P. perniciosus, were exposed to carbon dioxide anesthesia for 5, 10 and 20 minutes. Recovery time, mortality at 0 min and 24 h, percentage of females laying eggs, time to oviposition, and egg productivity for each exposure time were registered. Survival, fecundity and oviposition time in the 2 species were not adversely affected by ...

Sandflies are small insects belonging to the order Diptera, which make up Phlebotominae subfamily within Psychodidae family. In fight against leishmaniasis in prefecture of Meknes, Morocco, a study phlebotomist population was carried out during period activity sandflies while studying link between abundance these and climatic factors, namely, temperature, moisture, rainfall, wind speed. A total...

This study was conducted in 25 indigenous villages in 13 municipalities of the State of Mato Grosso. 4,424 specimens of 37 species of the genus Lutzomyia and one species of the genus Brumptomyia were identified. Vectors for American tegumentary leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis were abundantly captured, and these represented 28.7% (Lutzomyia whitmani) and 23.6% (Lutzomyia longipalpis), r...

A new sand fly species, Lutzomia aldafalcaoae is described from males collected in Vila Trindade, an urban district in Aquidauana county, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, in October 1996. Taxonomic remarks and a description of the new species is presented.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the state of Rio de Janeiro is sporadic and can be characterised as a peridomestic transmission that occurs in modified natural environments. The aim of this work was to study the fauna and ecological characteristics of sandflies in an environmentally protected area (the State Park of Serra da Tiririca) within the remnants of the Atlantic Forest in the municipali...