An updated checklist of Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from the Colombian Andean coffee-growing region

María Angélica Contreras-Gutiérrez, Iván Darío Vélez, Charles Porter, Sandra Inés Uribe, .

Keywords: leishmaniasis, Psychodidae, Lutzomyia, café, Colombia.

Abstract

An updated list of phlebotomine sand flies species in coffee growing areas in the Colombian Andean region is presented. Fifty three species were reported from 12 departments. In addition, species distribution in the region was derived from specimens obtained during intensive field work in five departments, from previously published studies and from the taxonomic revision of specimens in the entomological collection of the Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (PECET). The list includes the genera Brumptomyia (2 species), Lutzomyia (50 species) and Warileya (1 species). The updated list contains eleven new records in the region under study, including Lutzomyia panamensis, a species of medical importance not recorded previously in this zone. Eighteen of the species are considered to be anthropophilic, and many of them have been implicated in the transmission of leishmaniasis.

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  • María Angélica Contreras-Gutiérrez Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales, PECET, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia Laboratorio de Biología y Sistemática de Insectos (Insectario), Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
  • Iván Darío Vélez Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales, PECET, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
  • Charles Porter Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, United States of America
  • Sandra Inés Uribe Laboratorio de Biología y Sistemática de Insectos (Insectario), Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
How to Cite
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Contreras-Gutiérrez MA, Vélez ID, Porter C, Uribe SI. An updated checklist of Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from the Colombian Andean coffee-growing region. biomedica [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 May 11];34(3):483-98. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/2121

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Published
2014-09-01
Section
Topic review

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