Abstract
Lutzomyia intermedia was the predominant species. It was collected indoors but in much higher numbers outdoors, in the close vicinity of houses. In comparative captures it was found to feed more frequently on equines, and less frequently on man and dogs. Studies, using man and animals as baits, showed that blood-feeding started in the evening, and remained stable during the night, until early morning. June, August and October were the months of highest density.
ecology; sandly fauna; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Rio de Janeiro State
Studies on sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Elizabeth F. Rangel1
Alfredto C. R. Azevedo1
Claudia A. Andrade1
Nataly A. Souza1
Eduardo D. Wermelinger1
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Lutzomyia intermedia was the predominant species. It was collected indoors but in much higher numbers outdoors, in the close vicinity of houses. In comparative captures it was found to feed more frequently on equines, and less frequently on man and dogs. Studies, using man and animals as baits, showed that blood-feeding started in the evening, and remained stable during the night, until early morning. June, August and October were the months of highest density.
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Mar 1990
