New Records and Updated Checklist of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) From Liberia

P J Obenauer; L M Rueda; S S El-Hossary; N Watany; C A Stoops; L S Fakoli; F K Bolay; J W Diclaro 2nd

doi:10.1093/jme/tjv255

New Records and Updated Checklist of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) From Liberia

J Med Entomol. 2016 May;53(3):717-720. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjv255. Epub 2016 Jan 25.

Authors

P J Obenauer¹, L M Rueda², S S El-Hossary², N Watany², C A Stoops³, L S Fakoli⁴, F K Bolay⁴, J W Diclaro 2nd⁵

Affiliations

¹ U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center Det., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 1600 Clifton Rd, 649, Bldg 23, office 9-117, Atlanta, GA 30329 (Yry3@cdc.gov), Yry3@cdc.gov.
² Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Entomology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Imtidad Ramses Street, Adjacent to Abbassa Fever Hospital, Abbassa, Postal Code 11517 (ruedapol@si.edu; shabaanelhossary57@yahoo.com; Noha.Watany.eg@med.navy.mil).
³ Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru, 3230 Lima, PI, Washington, DC, 20521-3230 (craig.a.stoops.mil@mail.mil), and.
⁴ Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research, P.O. Box 31, Charlesville, Margibi County, Monrovia, Liberia (lawfako2008@yahoo.com; bolayf@lr.afro.who.int).
⁵ U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt (DiclaroJW@state.gov).

PMID: 26810730
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv255

Abstract

Phlebotomine sand flies from three counties in Liberia were collected from January 2011 to July 2013. In total, 3,118 sand flies were collected: 18 species were identified, 13 of which represented new records for Liberia. An updated taxonomic checklist is provided with a brief note on sand fly biology, and the disease vector potential for species is discussed.

Keywords: Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus; Sergentomyia; West Africa.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Body Size
Checklist
Insect Vectors / anatomy & histology
Insect Vectors / classification*
Insect Vectors / growth & development
Liberia
Phlebotomus / anatomy & histology
Phlebotomus / classification*
Phlebotomus / growth & development
Seasons