Studies of Phlebotomine Sand Flies.
Abstract
The phlebotomine sand fly collection grew during this contractual period from 197 American species and subspecies to 282 taxa, making it the most complete reference collection of New World species in existence. A total of 66 holotypes are housed in this collection. Descriptions of 23 species discovered during the past ten years were published; at least 10 other undescribed species were also discovered. Identification keys to the subfamilies of psychodidae, the genera of phlebotiminae, the subgenera of Lutzomyia, were prepared. Certain subgenera of Lutzomyia were reviewed; a large work on the phlebotomines of Colombia, representing nearly a third of the New World species, was published. Additional illustrated keys were completed for the species of Kenya and for certain species group of Lutzomyia. Significant progress was made on a handbook of the neotropical species and reviews of the sand fly fauna of Guatemala, Ecuador and North America were written. New techniques, developed for rearing and colonizing phlebotomines in our laboratory, resulted in the successful laboratory colonization of nine out of nine species collected. Eight of these species, including Phlebotomus martini - the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya, were colonized for the first time. The first demonstration of vertical transmission of a Phlebovirus in one colonized species was viriologically confirmed for the first time.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA163471
Entities
People
- David G. Young
Organizations
- University of Florida