Neotropical Entomology (2003) 32, 523-526

Marta Wolff, Diana Sierra, Luz M. Murcia and Iván D. Vélez B. (2003)
Phlebotominae fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Department of Amazonas, Colombia
Neotropical Entomology 32 (3), 523-526
Abstract: During the execution of an epidemiological study to assess the risk of Leishmania infection, an entomological evaluation and an inventory of phlebotomine fauna was made. The captures of phlebotomines were carried out with Shannon type traps and aspirators which collected the sand flies on human bait, in the Tikuna native community, on the banks of the Pupuña River an affluent of the Putumayo River among the department of Amazon. Five hundred and sixty phlebotomine specimens belonging to 20 species were captured in this place and the presence of Lutzomyia reducta Feliciangeli, Ramirez-Pérez and Ramirez recorded in Colombia for the first time and Lutzomyia carrerai carrerai (Barreto) and Lutzomyia nocticola Young were identified as new records for the zone. An updated inventory of phlebotomine species in Amazon department of Colombia is included.
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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 carrerai		Colombia
	Lutzomyia reducta		Colombia
	Lutzomyia noticola		Colombia