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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 112, No. 1, 2017, pp. 19-30
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Bioline Code: oc17003
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 112, No. 1, 2017, pp. 19-30
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Entering and exiting behaviour of the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longiflocosa (Diptera: Psychodidae) in rural houses of the sub-Andean region of Colombia
Pardo, Raúl Hernando; Santamaría, Erika & Cabrera, Olga Lucia
Abstract
The present study identified the entering and exiting sites for Lutzomyia longiflocosa in rural houses of the sub-Andean region in Colombia. Entering sites were identified with sticky traps set up outside the bedrooms, around the
eave openings, and with cage traps enclosing the slits in the doors and windows inside the bedrooms. Exiting sites
were identified by releasing groups of females indoors. These females were blood fed and marked with fluorescent
powders. Females were recaptured with the trap placement described above but set up on the opposite sides of the
openings. In the entering experiment, a significantly higher number of females were captured in the sticky traps at
the zone nearest the eave openings (n = 142) than those captured in the other zones of the trap (n = 52); similarly, a
higher number of females were captured on the front side of the house (n = 105) than at the rear side (n = 37). Only
two females were collected in the cage trap. In the exiting experiment, at the ceiling, the highest percentage (86.2%)
of females was recaptured with sticky traps nearest the eave openings and on the front side of the house (70.0%).
Seven females were collected in the cage trap. Lu. longiflocosa entered and exited houses primarily through the eave
openings in a non-random pattern in relation to the sides of the house.
Keywords
host seeking behaviour; house entry; Lutzomyia; sand flies
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