Naslov
Seasonality and species composition of phlebotomine vectors (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Southern Croatia

Autori
Bosnić, Sanja ; Maroli, Michele

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceeding of the fifth international symposium on phlebotomine sandflies / - Gammarth, 2005

Skup
5th international symposium on phlebotomine sandflies

Mjesto i datum
Gammarth, Tunis, 17.04.2005. - 21.04.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Phlebotomus; Croatia

Sažetak
Entomological survey on phlebotomine sand flies are very rare in Croatia. The only one reported in the literature is that of Zivkovic and Z. Miscevic (Acta Parasitol Jug, 1: 107-116, 1970) in the coastal area of the country. Phlebotomies were found in seventeen out of twenty-seven localities investigated in middle and southern part of Dalmatian territory until Trogir. Five species belonging to Phlebotomus genus were identified [P. papatasi, P. neglectus (former P. major), P. perfiliewi, P. tobbi)] and one to Sergentomyia genus (S. minuta). The authors concluded that P. neglectus and P. tobbi could have played a role on the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in the foci investigated. We report in the present note the results of two year investigation (2002-2003) carried out in some foci of southern Croatia in the frame of bluetongue surveillance. Sand fly specimens identified on this study were from the entomological studies carried out for monitoring the presence of Culicoides midges. Insects were trapped using a 220V ultraviolet down-draught light trap with 8W black-light tube placed near to domesticated animals and operating before dusk until after dawn. A total of 2, 599 sand flies were collected from 6 different localities of the country: Molunat, Brsecine, Komolac, Pridvorje, Runovic and Zastrazisce. In particular, one single black light-trap operating each night from the second July until 25 October 2003 in the island of Hvar (Zastrazisce), produced the majority of sand flies identified (2, 339). The highest number of sandflies (110) was caught during the first week of September. The weekly average varied between a high 60.4 flies per trap night during the last week of July to a low 5.4 flies per trap night during the last week of September. Five species were identified of which four were belonging to Phlebotomus genus [P. tobbi (18.8%), P. neglectus (18.3%), P. perfiliewi (11.0%), P. mascittii (0.01%)] and one to Sergentomyia genus [S. minuta (51.6%)].

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Veterinarska medicina

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