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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Print version ISSN 0074-0276On-line version ISSN 1678-8060
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz vol.87 no.1 Rio de Janeiro Jan./Mar. 1992
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761992000100019
New records of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Ecuador
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas, Cali, Colombia
Medical College of Oita, Division of Medical Zoology, Hazama, Japan
Teiko University School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Tokyo, Japan
Universidad Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Kochi Medical School, Department of Parasitology, Nankohu, Japan
The plebotomine sand fly fauna of Ecuador was surveyed in two 3-month collecting trips made in 1988 and 1990. A total of 12 provinces were visited, including three (Bolivar, Loja and Morona Santiago) from wich no previous records to phlebotomines existed. Forty-six species were collected, 13 of wich, together with 1 subspecies and 1 genus (Warileya) represented new records for the country. This survey increases the known number of species in Ecuador to 60. The distribuition of Ecuadorian sand flies is discussed in the light of these new findings.