Report on a collection of Lutzomyia sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the middle Solimões (Amazonas, Brazil)

Fifty-two species of Lutzomyia sand flies were identified in contemporaneous samples totalling only 1875 individuals, collected at the same site in tall primary terra-firme rainforest, near the south bank of the Solimões River. The most abundant species belonged to the subgenera Trichophoromyia and...

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Main Authors: Toby Vincent Barrett, Rui Alves de Freitas, Maria Ivonei Carvalho Albuquerque, José Camilo Hurtado Guerrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1996-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000100005