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- Title
FAUNA DE FLEBOTOMÍNEOS (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE, PHLEBOTOMINAE) EM ÁREA DE TERRA FIRME NA AMAZÔNIA CENTRAL.
- Authors
Cella, Wilsandrei; Fabrício Marialva, Eric; Guedes da Costa, Daiana; Guedes da Silva, Zilmara; Mota Leal, Juliete; de Lima Souza, Claudia; Cristiani Gazim, Zilda; Bernhard, Rafael; Costa Pessoa, Felipe Arley
- Abstract
The leishmaniases are endemic infectious and parasitic diseases and are among the most prevalent anthropozoonoses worldwide. They are caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, and those responsible for their transmission are diptera of the family Psychodidae, subfamily Phlebotominae, known as sand flies. The present study aimed to identify the sand fly fauna in the forest environment in the interior of the state of Amazonas. Insects were captured with light traps of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) type, installed in six sampling sites comprising three different ecotopes: forest edge, forest interior, and peridomestic, in a dense ombrophilous lowland forest. The traps were set in these ecotopes from 7 pm to 5 am, for a total capture effort of 60 hours. A total of 637 specimens belonging to 10 genera and 25 species were collected. The most abundant genera were Trichophoromyia (51.96%), Psychodopygus (20.37%), and Nyssomyia (8.97%). Considering only properly identified sand flies, the most abundant species were Th. ubiquitalis (42.43%), Ps. davisi (11.21%), and Lu. sherlocki (5.98%). When analyzed the hourly mean (MH) per ecotope, the forest interior presented the highest mean with MH=15. The studied environment presented a diversified sand fly fauna, including species of interest in the unique health. The fact that the environment presents species already incriminated as vectors of leishmaniases, as well as the movement of people and the proximity of dwellings, may in the future indicate the high transmission of Leishmania in this community.
- Subjects
AMAZONAS (Brazil); LEISHMANIASIS; SAND flies; FOREST animals; PARASITIC diseases; PSYCHODIDAE; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); COMMUNICABLE diseases; INSECT traps
- Publication
Arquivos de Ciências Veterinárias e Zoologia da Unipar, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1415-8167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25110/arqvet.v26i1cont-005