BACKGROUND Female sand flies of subgenus Adlerius are considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran. The objective of this study was to determine the morphological and genotypic variations in the populations of this subgenus in the country. METHODS Sand flies collected using sticky traps from 17 provinces during 2008-2010. The morphometric measurements were conducted with a...

BACKGROUND Sand flies of subgenus Adlerius has a wide geographical distribution in Iran and are mostly found in wild form in mountainous areas. They are always considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis. The objective of this study was to determine the Adlerius species and its composition in an endemic focus of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in northwest of the country. METHODS...

background : female sand flies of subgenus adlerius are considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in iran. the objective of this study was to determine the morphological and genotypic variations in the populations of this subgenus in the country. methods : sand flies collected using sticky traps from 17 provinces during 2008–2010. the morphometric measurements were conducted with...

b a ckground: sand flies of subgenus adlerius has a wide geographical distribution in iran and are mostly found in wild form in mountainous areas. they are always considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis. the ob- jective of this study was to determine the adlerius species and its composition in an endemic focus of zoonotic vis- ceral leishmaniasis in northwest of the country. m ...

In the genealogy of Phlebotomus (Diptera: Psychodidae), morphological analyses have indicated that the subgenus Larroussius is a monophyletic group which is most closely related to the subgenera Transphlebotomus and Adlerius. We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of the relationships among six representative species of the subgenus Larroussius and one species representatitive of the Phlebotomus ...

Numerical analyses (correspondence analysis, ascending hierarchical classification, cladistic approach) were applied to the morphological characters of the adults of the genus Phlebotomus Rondani & Berté 1840. They confirm the reliability of the classic classifications, and also redefine the taxonomic and phylogenetic position of certain taxa. Thus, Spelaeophlebotomus Theodor 1948. Idiophleboto...

A survey of potential vector sand flies was conducted in the neighboring suburban communities of Vake and Mtatsminda districts in an active focus of visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in Tbilisi, Georgia. Using light and sticky-paper traps, 1,266 male and 1,179 female sand flies were collected during 2006-2008. Five Phlebotomus species of three subgenera were collected: Phlebotomus balcanicus Theodor ...

Abstract Background Phlebotomine sand flies are the principal vectors of Leishmania spp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae). Information on in Central Europe is scarce and, to date, Austria, only Phlebotomus mascittii has been recorded. In 2018 and 2019, entomological surveys were conducted Austria with aim further clarify fly distribution species composition. Results a Ph. simici specimen was ...

The ability of the sand fly Phlebotomus (Adlerius) arabicus to transmit Leishmania tropica was studied experimentally using hyraxes (Procavia capensis), natural reservoir hosts of the parasite. Sand flies became infected with L. tropica after feeding on a lesion of needle-inoculated hyrax. Moreover, P. arabicus fed with L. tropica promastigotes transmitted the parasite to hyraxes by bite during...

Four species of Adlerius phlebotomine sandflies have been recorded in China, namely: P. chinensis Newstead, 1 9 1 6 (Pc); P. fengi Leng & Zhang, 1 9 9 4 ; P. longiductus Parrot, 1 9 2 8 and P. sichuanensis Leng & Yin, 1 9 8 3 (Ps), Adlerius phlebotomines are the main vectors of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in China; three of them are acknowledged as VL vectors and P. fengi is considered a potent...