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摘要
between january and august of 1999, a study was carried out on the phlebotomine (diptera: psychodidae) sand flies occurrence in two areas of residual forest (estrada do turismo and cidade de deus), in the periphery of manaus, am. the objective of this study was to verify the phlebotominae sand fly fauna and vertical stratification. cdc light traps were placed in the forests, one to ten meters in height. a total of 7.516 sand flies, distributed in 45 species, were captured: 4.836 specimens of 36 species in the estrada do turismo and 2.680 individuals of 40 species in the cidade de deus.predominant in the estrada do turismo were the species lutzomyia umbratilis and l. ubiquitalis were as l. umbratilis and l. anduzei prevailed in the cidade de deus. different phlebotominae sand fly species in certain areas, showed an adaptation of these sand flies to areas of human activity.
