Species composition of sand flies and population dynamics of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the southern Jordan Valley, an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis
1995
Janini, R. | Saliba, E.K. | Kamhawi, S. (Jordan Univ., Amman (Jordan). Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Sciences)
The species composition of sand flies and seasonality of Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli were studied in southern Jordan Valley from May to November 1992 using CDC light traps. Eleven species of sand flies were recorded, including R. kazeruni Theodor and Mesghali and P. tobbi Adler and Theodor, which are new records for the study area, and Sergentomya squamipleuris Newstead, which is reported for the first time in Jordan. Phlebotomus papatasi was the most abundant Phlebotomus species collected from domestic habitats as well as Psammomys obesus Cretzschamr burrows, comprising 89.4 and 99.5 % of the total Phlebotomus catches, respectively. The catch of P. papatasi in CDC light traps was compared among domestic habitats, P. obesus burrows, in an agriculturally modified semiarid rural habitat, and P. obesus burrows in a natural semiarid rural habitat. Peak of P. papatasi abundance occurred in September and October and then declined sharply by late November. The abundance and temporal association of P. papatasi activity with the prevalance of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the study area pointed to the significance of this sand fly in the transmission of the parasite
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