Taxonomy and Biology of Phlebotomine Vectors of Human Disease
Abstract
In the Americas, phlebotomines from the forest canopy of Peru, various sites in Columbia, Venezuela and Brazil were studied. In Peru, the undescribed females of two sand files were discovered and a male, belonging in the medically important flaviscutellata complex, apparently represents a new species. Undescribed taxa from the other countries were also identified and several taxonomic papers were begun or completed during this period. New distributional records of phlebotomines based on these collections and from colleagues in Brazil were added to the information already compiled for the handbook of the American Phlebotominae. Using established methods, two species of sand flies, L. shannoni and L. intermedia (a suspected leishmaniasis vector) were easily reared from wild caught Brazilian females. Two other suspected vectors from Colombia continue to be maintained in the laboratory. A female of one of these species, L. spinicrassa, was found naturally infected with Leishmania b. braziliensis in eastern Colombia were made in 1985. Flight range and longevity of sand flies from the site (Arboledae) were studied during this time and a manuscript on the subject was completed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 30, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA197998
Entities
People
- David G. Young
Organizations
- University of Florida