Identification of Sand flies of the Subgenus Larroussius based on Molecular and Morphological Characters in North Western Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

THE ADULT FEMALE SAND FLIES (DIPTERA: Psychodidae) of the subgenus Larroussius are important vectors of Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida: Tripanosomatidae) in Meshkinshahr district, Northwest of Iran. Four Phlebotomus (Larroussius) species are present in this area, i.e. Phlebotomus (Larroussius) kandelakii, P. (La.) major, P. (La.) perfiliewi and P. (La.) tobbi. The objective of the present study was to identify and distinguish the females of P. perfiliewi, P. major and P. tobbi, in this district.

Methods

Adult sand flies were collected with sticky papers, CDC light traps, and aspirator in 2006. Individual sand flies of this four species from thirty different locations were characterized morphologically and by comparative DNA sequences analyses of a fragment of

SUBMITTER: Absavaran A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3385537 | biostudies-literature | 2009

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature