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Phlebotomine Sand Fly Composition (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Putative Vectors of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Porto Velho Municipality, Western Amazon, Brazil

2017; Oxford University Press; Volume: 54; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jme/tjw233

1938-2928

Fábio Resadore, Antônio Marques Pereira Júnior, Luís Paulo Costa Carvalho, Ana Paula de Azevedo dos Santos, Carolina Bioni Garcia Teles, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros,

Insect and Pesticide Research

This study evaluated the species composition of sand flies and identified potential vectors of Leishmania Ross species in rural areas of Porto Velho, Rondônia State, Brazil. American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is one of the gravest threats to public health in this state. Sand flies were collected over the course of 2014 and 2015 using HP light traps. Polymerase chain reaction was performed by targeting the Leishmania mkDNA region. In total, 2,344 sand flies were collected, from which 45 species, nine subgenera, and five species group were identified. The most abundant species were Lutzomyia antunesi (Coutinho) (n = 597, 25.47%), Lutzomyia ubiquitalis (Mangabeira) (n = 496, 21.16%), and Lutzomyia octavioi (Vargas) (n = 199, 8.49%). The greatest diversity occurred in the forest environment where the most abundant species were L. antunesi (n = 588, 25.07%), L. ubiquitalis (n = 493, 21.02%), L. octavioi (n = 199, 8.49%), and Lutzomyia flaviscutellata (Mangabeira) (n = 132, 5.63%). Two pools of L. ubiquitalis were positive for Leishmania DNA, which suggests that L. ubiquitalis is a putative vector of leishmaniasis in the municipality of Porto Velho.