Phlebotomines in an area of the transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the north of Parana State, Brazil: Seasonal Variation and Nocturnal Activity

Authors

  • Ueslei Teodoro Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Análises Clínicas
  • Vicente La Salvia Filho Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Análises Clínicas
  • Edson Mauricio de Lima Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Análises Clínicas
  • Roberto Palma Spinosa Fundação Nacional de Saúde
  • Orlando Carlos Barbosa Fundação Nacional de Saúde
  • Maria Eugênia Moreira Costa Ferreira Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Geografia
  • Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Análises Clínicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101993000300006

Keywords:

Psychodidae, Ecology, vectors, Leishmaniasis mucocutanea^i2^stransmiss

Abstract

In two years of phlebotomine captures in a modified forest an appreciable decrease in the size of this insect population has been observed when compared to previous data from the same locality. The captures with the Shannon light trap were made in the outlying forest of Palmital farm in Terra Boa county, Parana State, Brazil. The predominant species were Lutzomyia withmani, Lutzomyia migonei, Lutzomyia intermedius e Lutzomyia fischeri. These insects were active from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and the period of greatest activity varied according to the species. These species' densities were higher in the summer and autum months. Environmental modifications may have influenced the observed changes in phlebotomine behavior.

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Published

1993-06-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (1993)

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Teodoro, U., La Salvia Filho, V., Lima, E. M. de, Spinosa, R. P., Barbosa, O. C., Ferreira, M. E. M. C., & Silveira, T. G. V. (1993). Phlebotomines in an area of the transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the north of Parana State, Brazil: Seasonal Variation and Nocturnal Activity . Revista De Saúde Pública, 27(3), 190-194. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101993000300006