A review of the literature related to the molecular systematics of the Phlebotomine sandflies
(Diptera, Psychodidae) is proposed. It shows that molecular systematics is more frequently …

Leishmaniasis is a protozoan disease caused by the genus Leishmania transmitted by
female phlebotomine sand flies. Surveillance of the prevalence of Leishmania and …

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) have biological relevance
as vectors of several pathogens. To ensure periodic entomological monitoring it is …

Sand flies include a group of insects that are of medical importance and that vary in
geographic distribution, ecology, and pathogen transmission. Approximately 163 species of …

Background The Lutzomyia longipalpis complex has a wide but discontinuous distribution in
Latin America, extending throughout the Neotropical realm between Mexico and northern …

Within the sand fly genus Lutzomyia, the Verrucarum species group contains several of the
principal vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and human bartonellosis in the …

The low dispersal capacity of sand flies could lead to population isolation due to geographic
barriers, climate variation, or to population fragmentation associated with specific local …

A morphometric and molecular study of adult male and female Lutzomyia shannoni (Dyar
1929) collected at seven different locations within the southeastern United States was …

An intraspecific study of Phlebotomus sergenti was performed on populations from Turkey,
Syria, Israel, and Uzbekistan by four different approaches: geometric morphometrics, RAPD …

In the Americas, the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of the parasitic
protozoa Leishmania infantum, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The Lu …