Lutzomyia derelicta n. sp. is described from specimens collected in an isolated xeric habitat in the rainforest in the north of the State of Pará, Brazil. The new species lacks the posterior bulge in the dorsal wall of the cibarium characteristic of the New World genus Lutzomyia, and the armature of the male genitalia is of the pattern found elsewhere only in the Old World species of Sergentomy...

background: visceral leishmaniasis is caused by leishmania infantum , transmitted to humans by bites of phle­botomine sand flies and is one of the most important public health problems in iran. to identify the vector(s), an investiga­tion was carried out in bilesavar district, one of the important foci of the disease in ardebil province in northwest­ern iran, during july - september 2008 . meth...

b a ckground: the aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the efficiency and practicality of seven trappingmethods for adult phlebotominae sand flies. the results of this investigation provide information to determine the species composition and nocturnal activity pattern of different sand fly species. m e t hods: the study was carried out in both plain region (about 5km far from northeast...

Phlebotomine sand flies were collected using CO2 baited CDC light trap in 2000 and 2001 in limestone areas and caves of western Malaysia. A total of 1,548 specimens were collected comprising 18 species from two genera: Phlebotomus (6 spp) and Sergentomyia (12 spp). Phlebotomus major major (38.9%) was the predominant species followed by Sergentomyia perturbans (20.1%), P. stantoni (15.3%) and ot...

Sand flies belonging to the genus Sergentomyia Franca & Parrot, 1920, are hematophagous insects feeding mostly on reptiles and birds, but some species feed also on mammals including humans. Sergentomyia spp. frequently comprise the vast majority of sand flies trapped along with Phlebotomus spp., the vectors of mammalian leishmaniasis. Within the framework of a project on the ecology and transmi...

A new sand fly species, Sergentomyia iriomotensis sp. nov. is described from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The specimens found were only males and detailed descriptions illustrations, including genitalia (coxite, style, aedeagus, surstyle, paramera genital pump), head (pharynx, cibarium, antennal segments) wing are presented in the present paper.

Lighted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light traps were baited with carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from three different sources to compare the efficacy of each in collecting phlebotomine sand flies in Bahrif village, Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Treatments consisted of compressed CO2 gas released at a rate of 250 ml/min, 1.5 kg of dry ice (replaced daily) sublimating from an insul...