Phlebotomine sand flies, vectors of leishmaniasis, have not been well studied in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and likewise, are not well known in other regions of the Department of Magdalena, Colombia. To date only ...

A preliminary survey of the anthropophilic sand fly fauna of the Serranía de La Macarena, Colombia, is presented. Although leishmaniasis is endemic in the region, the vectors of the disease are yet unknown. Insects were ...

In Colombia, the diversity of phlebotomine sand flies is high, with 162 recorded species, and which include vectors of Leishmania spp. The objective of this research is to identify the the sand fly species of medically ...

Among Colombia’s Caribbean coast departments, Sucre has the greatest species diversity of phlebotomine sand flies (genus Lutzomyia), including several associated with the epidemiological cycles of cutaneous and visceral ...

Although phlebotomine sand flies breeding sites have been identified and recorded by several studies, the microhabitats exploited by these insects remain little-known and hard to find. In this context, the difficulty of ...

Identification of the species of phlebotomine sand flies present in each focus of leishmaniasis is necessary to incriminate vectors and implement vector control strategies. Although the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene has ...

Lutzomyia species of the subgenus Sciopemyia show restricted distribution andare rarely represented in sand fly captures, with the exception of L. sordellii, which is found fromCosta Rica to Argentina. To date, only two ...

The taxonomic identification of the Phlebotominae associated with the epidemiological cycle of leishmaniasis is based on morphological characters of the adult insect. Teratologic changes in anatomic structures of taxonomic ...

To date, 143 species of Lutzomyia França are recorded in Colombia, but less than 7% is incriminated in the transmission of Leishmania spp. Alternative taxonomic characters are necessary to correctly identify the particular ...

The presence of the sand fly Lutzomyia lutziana in Colombia is confirmed by one male specimen collected in the Serranía de La Macarena National Natural Park. This male was collected with a mouth aspirator, while resting ...