Journal of Medical Entomology (2010) 47, 1179-1184

D.F. Hoel, D.L. Kline, J.A. Hogsette, U.R. Bernier, S.S. El-Hossary, H.A. Hanafi, N. Watany, E.Y. Fawaz, B.D. Furman, P.J. Obenauer and D.E. Szumlas (2010)
Efficacy of commercial mosquito traps in capturing phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Egypt
Journal of Medical Entomology 47 (6), 1179-1184
Abstract: Four types of commercial mosquito control traps, the Mosquito Magnet Pro (MMP), the Sentinel 360 (S360), the BG-Sentinel (BGS), and the Mega-Catch Ultra (MCU), were compared with a standard Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light trap for efficacy in collecting phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a small farming village in the Nile River Valley 10 km north of Aswan, Egypt. Each trap was baited with either carbon dioxide (CO₂) from combustion of butane gas (MMP), dry ice (CDC and BGS traps), light (MCU and S360), or dry ice and light (CDC). Traps were rotated through five sites in a 5 × 5 Latin square design, repeated four times during the height of the sand fly season (June, August, and September 2007) at a site where 94% of sand flies in past collections were Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli). A total of 6,440 sand flies was collected, of which 6,037 (93.7%) were P. papatasi. Of the CO₂-baited traps, the BGS trap collected twice as many P. papatasi as the MMP and CDC light traps, and at least three times more P. papatasi than the light-only MCU and S360 traps (P < 0.05). Mean numbers (±SE) of P. papatasi captured per trap night were as follows: BGS 142.1 (±45.8) > MMP 56.8 (±9.0) > CDC 52.3 (±6.1) > MCU 38.2 (±6.4) > S360 12.6 (±1.8). Results indicate that several types of commercial traps are suitable substitutes for the CDC light trap in sand fly surveillance programs.
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Database assignments for author(s): Daniel L. Kline, Emadeldin Y. Fawaz, Ulrich R. Bernier, Peter J. Obenauer

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phlebotomus papatasi		Egypt
	Phlebotomus sergenti		Egypt
	Sergentomyia tiberiadis		Egypt
	Sergentomyia schwetzi		Egypt
	Sergentomyia clydei		Egypt
	Sergentomyia palestinensis		Egypt