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Phlebotomines (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Ribeira Valley Speleological Province-1. Parque Estadual Intervales, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Author(s):
Bianchi Galati, Eunice Aparecida [1] ; Marassa, Ana Maria [2, 3] ; Goncalves-Andrade, Rute Maria [4] ; Consales, Cleide Aschenbrenner [5] ; Bueno, Edna F. M. [1]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Saude Publ, Dept Epidemiol, BR-01246904 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Saude Publ, Programa Posgrad Saude Publ, BR-01246904 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Inst Adolph Lutz, Seccao Parasitoses Sistem, BR-01246904 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Inst Butantan, Lab Imunoquim, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Inst Pasteur, BR-01311000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia; v. 54, n. 2, p. 311-321, APR-JUN 2010.
Web of Science Citations: 10
Abstract

Phlebotomines (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Ribeira Valley Speleological Province - 1. Parque Estadual Intervales (PEI), Sao Paulo state, Brazil. The identification of the sandfly fauna and investigation of some ecological aspects ails populations in areas frequented by tourists of the PEI, an Atlantic forest reserve with many caves, were the objective of this study. Captures were undertaken monthly from January 2001 to December 2002, with automatic light traps installed in 13 ecotopes, including caves, forests, domiciliary and peridomiciliary environments, and by aspiration in armadillo burrows. Additionally. although not at regular intervals. Shannon traps were installed in forests and anthropic environments, aspirations were made on cave walls, among roots and fallen leaves, and some insects were captured while biting researchers. A total of 891 sanctifies belonging to 21 species were captured. Six hundred specimens representing 19 species were captured with light traps, 215 in anthropic (2.24 insects/trap) and 385 in extra-domiciliary (1.46 insects/trap) environments. Brumptomyia troglodytes was the most abundant species (the Standardised Index of Species Abundance = 0.705). Pintomyia monticola predominated in the Shannon traps and showed anthropophilic and diurnal activity. Psathyromyia pascalei predominated in the aspirations; the largest number being in armadillo burrows. Eleven species were captured in caves; although some might be troglophiles, the majority used these ecotopes as resting places. Nyssomyia intermedia, Nyssomyia neivai and Migonemyia migonei, implicated in the transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Southeastern Brazilian region, were all found, though in such low densities as to suggest minimal risk of the disease in the PEI. (AU)