Phlebotominae fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the department of Amazonas, Colombia

Abstract

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 & 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.

RESUMEN: Durante el desarrollo de un estudio epidemiológico para evaluar el riesgo de infección por Leishmania, se realizo una evaluación entomológica y el inventario de la fauna flebotomínea utilizando trampa Shannon y capturador bucal sobre cebo humano, en la comunidad indígena Tikuna residentes a orillas del río Pupuña, afluente del río Putumayo, departamento del Amazonas. En este mismo lugar se capturaron 560 ejemplares, de flebotomíneos pertenecientes a 20 especies, entre las cuales se identificaron por primera vez para Colombia a Lutzomyia reducta Feliciangeli, Ramirez-Pérez & Ramirez y Lutzomyia carrerai carrerai (Barreto) y Lutzomyia nocticola Young como nuevos registros para la zona. Se presenta un inventario actualizado de las especies de flebótomos del departamento del Amazonas Colombia.