Title
Phlebotomus fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) of 3 provinces of the northeastern region of Marañon, Peru
Other title
[La fauna flebotómica (Diptera: Psychodidae) de tres provincias de la región nor oriental del Marañón, Perú.]
Date Issued
01 January 1995
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
Two thousand seven hundred and seventy four sand flies were captured since 1987 to 1992 in endemic areas of human bartonellosis and Peruvian Verruga (district of San José de Lourdes, province of San Ignacio - 05 degrees 03' LS, and district of Lonya Grande, province of Utcubamba - 06 degrees 05'30" LS) belonging to the Northeast region of Marañon, Peru. Thirteen species were identified, 11 belonging to the genus Lutzomyia, 1 to Brumptomyia and the other to Warileya. Lutzomyia sp, close to L. serrana and L. maranonensis n. sp., Galatti, Cáceres & Le Pont are more prevalent (89.74% of the individuals captured). Suggests working of the kind. Lutzomyia verrucarum (Townsend, 1913) is reported in Utcubamba province for the first time.
Start page
215
End page
221
Volume
28
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0029334298
PubMed ID
Source
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN of the container
00378682
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