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Comunicação • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 32 (6) • Dec 1999 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821999000600016   copy

Sand-fly fauna (Díptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in Bolívar State, Venezuela

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A descriptive study is presented of sand-fly fauna in Bolivar State, Venezuela. Identification was made of 2,364 sand-flies belonging to 18 species. The vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the different geographic regions of Bolivar State are possibly L. anduzei, L. wellcomei and L. squamiventris in the South, and L. flaviscutellata and L. gomezi in the North.

American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Sand-flies; Lutzomyia; Venezuela

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