摘要：OBJETIVO : Investigar a composição específica e aspectos da preferência alimentar de flebotomíneos em relação aos animais domésticos existentes em área endêmica de leishmaniose tegumentar americana. MÉTODOS : Os flebotomíneos foram coletados nos meses de janeiro a abril de 2004, das 20 às 24h, numa área situada a 40 m de uma das residências de um sítio localizado no município de Mandaguari, PR, sul do Brasil. Foram usadas quatro armadilhas luminosas de Falcão, instaladas a 5 m de distância uma da outra, ao lado de uma gaiola, cada uma delas contendo isca animal (suíno, cão, coelho e galinha). RESULTADOS : Foram coletados 1.697 exemplares de flebotomíneos, das espécies: Nyssomyia whitmani, Pintomyia fischeri, Migonemyia migonei, Nyssomyia neivai, Pintomyia pessoai e Psathromyia shannoni , predominando N. whitmani . Não houve preferência alimentar dos flebotomíneos em relação aos animais investigados. CONCLUSÕES : Verificou-se que N. whitmani e P. fischeri são oportunistas e, provavelmente, as fêmeas ajustam os seus hábitos alimentares à disponibilidade de hospedeiros, sugerindo o ecletismo alimentar desstes insetos nos ambientes antrópicos.
其他摘要：OBJECTIVE : To investigate the fauna and host feeding preferences of sandflies as for domestic animals in an endemic area of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS : The sandflies collections were carried out from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am in an area 40 meters away from one of the residences in a farm in Southern Brazil, between January and April, 2004. Collection was performed using four Falcão light traps, placed 5 m apart from each other beside a cage, each one of them containing an animal bait (swine, dog, rabbit, and chicken). RESULTS : A total of 1,697 specimens of sandflies were collected as follows: Nyssomyia whitmani, Pintomyia fischeri, Migonemyia migonei, Nyssomyia neivai, Pintomyia pessoai and Psathromyia shannoni . The prevalent species was N. whitmani . There were no feeding preferences of sandflies as for the animals studied. CONCLUSIONS : N. whitmani and P. fischeri are opportunistic species and female OBJECTIVE : To investigate the fauna and host feeding preferences of sandflies as for domestic animals in an endemic area of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS : The sandflies collections were carried out from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am in an area 40 meters away from one of the residences in a farm in Southern Brazil, between January and April, 2004. Collection was performed using four Falcão light traps, placed 5 m apart from each other beside a cage, each one of them containing an animal bait (swine, dog, rabbit, and chicken). RESULTS : A total of 1,697 specimens of sandflies were collected as follows: Nyssomyia whitmani, Pintomyia fischeri, Migonemyia migonei, Nyssomyia neivai, Pintomyia pessoai and Psathromyia shannoni . The prevalent species was N. whitmani . There were no feeding preferences of sandflies as for the animals studied. CONCLUSIONS : N. whitmani and P. fischeri are opportunistic species and female insects probably adjust their eating habits to host availability, suggesting eating eclecticism of these insects in anthropic environments.
关键词：Preferências alimentares; Psychodidae; Insetos vetores; Leishmaniose tegumentar americana; epidemiologia; Leishmaniose cutânea; Flebotomíneos; N. whitmani. P. fischeri.
其他关键词：Food preferences; Psychodidae; Insect vectors; American cutaneous leishmaniasis; epidemiology; Leishmaniasis; cutaneous; Sandflies; N. whitmani. P. fischeri.
