Abstract

ANDRADE-FILHO, José D.; OLIVEIRA, Roberto C. de  and  FONSECA, Alysson R.. Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) collected with malaise trap in the Center-West of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Neotrop. entomol. [online]. 2008, vol.37, n.1, pp. 104-106. ISSN 1519-566X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2008000100018.

The aim of this paper was to verify the sand fly species collected with Malaise trap in the cities of Divinópolis and Pedra do Indaiá, both located in Minas Gerais state. Collections were carried out between November 2003 and October 2004. Thirty two specimens were captured belonging to seven species: Pintomyia monticola (Costa Lima), Nyssomyia whitmani (Antunes & Coutinho), Pintomyia christenseni (Young & Duncan), Evandromyia cortelezzii (Brèthes), Sciopemyia sordellii (Shannon & Del Ponte), Pintomyia pessoai (Coutinho & Barretto) and Psathyromyia aragaoi (Costa Lima).

Keywords : Phlebotominae; leishmaniosis; vector.