Skip to main content

Table 2 Species and relative abundance of immature phlebotomine sand flies found in natural breeding sites

From: Study on natural breeding sites of sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in areas of Leishmania transmission in Colombia

Ecosystem

Tropical dry forest

Tropical humid forest

 

Region, department

Caribbean, Sucre

Andean, Antioquia

Caribbean, Chocó,

 

Locality

Sincelejo, urban area

Natural reserve Coraza

Natural reserve Río Claro

Natural reserve El Aguacate

 

Phlebotomine sand flies

Base tree

Bark of tree

Others

Based of tree

Hollow of tree

Tabular roots

Others

Hollow of tree

Tabular roots

Tabular roots

Total (%)

1. Lu. atroclavata

9

4

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14 (9.8)

2. Lu. rangeliana*+

1

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4 (2.9)

3. Lu. c. cayennensis*+

4

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

7 (4.9)

4. Lu. micropyga

2

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

2

8 (5.6)

5. Lu. dubitans +

-

-

1

-

1

1

3

-

-

-

6 (4.2)

6. Lu. evansi*+

1

-

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

5 (3.5)

7. Lu. migonei*±+

-

-

-

6

-

6

1

-

-

-

13 (9.15)

8. Lu. serrana

-

-

-

3

1

-

1

-

-

-

5 (3.5)

9. Lu. gorbitzi ±+

-

-

-

-

1

-

 

-

-

-

1 (0.7)

10. Lu. ovallesi*

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

2 (1.4)

11. Lu. shannoni*+

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

2 (1.4)

12. Lu. trinidadensis*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2 (1.4)

13. Lu. pilosa +

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2 (1.4)

14. Br. hamata

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

4

6 (4.2)

15. Br. mesai +

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1 (0.7)

16. Brumptomyia sp.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

26

26 (18.3)

17. Lutzomyia sp.

5

4

8

4

5

2

1

6

3

-

38 (26.8)

Total

22

10

16

13

11

9

11

8

9

33

142 (100)

  1. Others: Trunk of tree, Leaf litter, Termite mound, Cave, *Species associated with or incriminated in the transmission of Leishmania, +First record of natural breeding sites for species of phlebotomine, ±New record of phlebotomine sand flies species for this department.