Taxonomic revision of phlebotomine sand fly species in the series davisi and panamensis of the subgenus Psychodopygus Mangabeira, 1941 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

Anthropogenic influence on the distribution, abundance and diversity of sandfly species (Diptera: Phlebotominae: Psychodidae), vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Panama

“…The nomenclature of the subgenus Psychodopygus described by Carvalho et al (2006) was used in this study.…”

Natural Leishmania sp. reservoirs and phlebotomine sandfly food source identification in Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

“…Only seven species of phlebotomines have been collected in Ibitipoca State Park, with the predominant species being P. lloydi, corresponding to 85% of the sandflies captured (Carvalho et al 2006). The identification of two P. lloydi females infected with L. braziliensis suggests that this insect maintains L. braziliensis infections in a sylvatic cycle in Ibitipoca State Park for the following reasons: (i) both individuals were engorged with the blood of rodents/marsupials, (ii) this sandfly species was the most abundant sandfly species in the park, (iii) there are no data on the vector competence of P. lloydi and (iv) there have been no reported human cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the study area.…”

“…This genus is restricted to jungle areas and, with few exceptions, is rarely associated with humans (Carvalho et al 2006). In a study conducted in the Parque do Sabiá complex, municipality of Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil, Psychodopygus davisi (Root, 1934) was predominant in urban areas (Rodrigues et al 2011).…”

Primer informe de Lutzomyia França en el departamento de Guainía, Amazonia Colombiana, y de Brumptomyia mesai Sherlock (Diptera: Psychodidae) en el Litoral Caribe Colombiano

“…Los dos últimos rasgos complementan la distinción de L. davisi (Carvalho et al 2006), a pesar de que no se mencionan en las claves taxonómicas utilizadas rutinariamente en la identifi cación de los fl ebotomíneos americanos.…”