Journal of Medical Entomology (2017) 54, 1425-1429

Diones Antonio Borges, Silvia Maria Guerra Molina, Mara Cristina Pinto, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, Manuel Cesario and Dennys Ghenry Samillan Ortiz (2017)
First record of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) on the trinational frontier (Brazil–Peru–Bolivia) of south-western Amazonia
Journal of Medical Entomology 54 (5), 1425-1429
Abstract: In South America, the main sand fly species involved in the transmission of Leishmania infantum chagasi (Cunha and Chagas, 1937), etiological agent of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL), is Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva, 1912). The species has been recorded in Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil, where it is recorded in 24 of the 27 Brazilian states, except Acre, Amazonas, and Santa Catarina. Collections were carried out for one year (April 2013 to March 2014) using modified CDC light traps in different environments in Assis Brasil municipality, state of Acre. Two males of Lu. longipalpis were found in peridomiciliary location in a peri-urban area. This is the first record of the species in Acre. This finding may be considered by the health agencies located in the trinational frontier, and new collections are needed to evaluate the real distribution of the species.
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Database assignments for author(s): Eunice A. Bianchi Galati, Mara Cristina Pinto

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Lutzomyia longipalpis		Bolivia
	Lutzomyia longipalpis		Peru
	Lutzomyia longipalpis		Brazil (NW)