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Title: Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in urban rainforest fragments, Manaus - Amazonas State, Brazil
Authors: Rocha, Liliane Coelho da
Freitas, Rui Alves de
Franco, A. M.
Keywords: Diversity Index
Fly
Habitat Fragmentation
Rainforest
Upland Region
Urban Area
Woodland
Fauna
Geography
Kinetoplastida
Leishmania
Lutzomyia
Lutzomyia Anduzei
Lutzomyia Claustrei
Lutzomyia Umbratilis
Nonhuman
Parasite Transmission
Psychodidae
Rainforest
Tropics
Urban Area
Animal
Cities
Female
Humans
Insect Vectors
Leishmania
Leishmaniasis
Male
Psychodidae
Rain
Trees
Tropical Climate
Urban Health
Amazonas
Manaus
Animalsia
Diptera
Lutzomyia Umbratilis
Phlebotominae
Psychodidae
Trypanosomatidae
Issue Date: 2013
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Acta Tropica
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 126, Número 2, Pags. 103-109
Abstract: The non-flooded upland rainforest fragment in the Federal University of Amazonas Campus is considered one of the world's largest urban tropical woodland areas and Brazil's second largest one in an urban setting. It is located in the city of Manaus, State of Amazonas at 03° 04' 34' S, 59° 57' 30' W, in an area covering nearly 800 hectares. Forty-one (41) sand fly species belonging to genus Lutzomyia were found attaining a total of 4662 specimens collected. Lutzomyia umbratilis was the dominant species at all heights, followed by Lutzomyia anduzei and Lutzomyia claustrei. The fauna alpha diversity index showed to be 6.4, which is not much lower than that reported for areas of continuous forest in this Amazonian region. This data provides additional evidence on Phlebotomine sand flies found to transmit Leishmania and other trypanosomatids to humans and other animals circulating in this area. This is the first study being reported on sand flies collected in an urban rainforest fragment in Amazonia. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.01.007
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