Artículo
Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera : Psychodidae) of the Province of Chaco, Argentina
Autor
Rosa, Juan R.
Salomón, Oscar Daniel
Andrade Filho, José D.
Szelag, Enrique A.
Stein, Marina
Tapia, Eliana S.
Brazil, Reginaldo P.
Carvalho, Gustavo M. L.
Resumen
Fil: Rosa, Juan R. Univ Nacional del Nordeste. Instituto de Medicina Regional; Argentina. Fil: Salomón, Oscar Daniel. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo-Epidemias; Argentina. Fil: Andrade Filho, José D. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz. Lab de Leishmanioses; Brasil. Fil: Carvalho, Gustavo M. L. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz. Lab de Leishmanioses; Brasil. Fil: Szelag, Enrique A. Univ Nacional del Nordeste. Instituto de Medicina Regional; Argentina. Fil: Stein, Marina. Univ Nacional del Nordeste. Instituto de Medicina Regional; Argentina. Fil: Tapia, Eliana S. Univ Nacional del Nordeste. Instituto de Medicina Regional; Argentina. Fil: Brazil, Reginaldo P. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Lab de Bioquímica e Fisiologia de Insetos; Brasil. The phlebotomine sandflies of the province of Chaco, Argentina, are poorly known, with reports from more than 40 years or captures related with outbreaks of leishmaniasis. In here, Mycropygomyia peresi (Mangabeira) is reported for the first time in Argentina, extending the known dstribution of Migonemyia migonei (Franca), Evandromyia sallesi (Galva) & Coutinho),Mycropygont,via quinquefer (Dyar), Brumptomyia brumpti (Larousse) y Nemapalpus spp to the province of Chaco. Mg. migonei, together with Nyssomyia neivai (Pinto), Evandromyia cortelezzii (Brethes), and Psathyromyia shannoni (Dyar) also captured in Chaco, were incriminated as vectors of Leishmania in Argentina.