TY - JOUR
T1 - Leishmaniasis in the Jordan Valley. V. Dispersal characteristics of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi
AU - YUVAL, BOAZ
AU - WARBURG, ALON
AU - SCHLEIN, YOSEF
PY - 1988/10
Y1 - 1988/10
N2 - ABSTRACT. Several characteristics of dispersing and non‐dispersing Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) were quantified and compared. The majority of dispersing sandflies, trapped crossing fallow fields, were females (68.5% v. 51.1%); of the dispersing females, 55.4% were parous, 48.1% were inseminated and 11.6% were gravid. In the population of sandflies sampled exiting from burrows of the sand rat Psammomys obesus Cretschmar, these categories, respectively, represented 39%, 90% and 26% of the females examined. Leishmania promastigotes were found in 9% of females exiting from P. obesus burrows, and in 2.7% of the dispersing females. The anthrone test established that the reason for activity of gravid females is sugar feeding. These females do not disperse and are suitable targets for future control measures.
AB - ABSTRACT. Several characteristics of dispersing and non‐dispersing Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) were quantified and compared. The majority of dispersing sandflies, trapped crossing fallow fields, were females (68.5% v. 51.1%); of the dispersing females, 55.4% were parous, 48.1% were inseminated and 11.6% were gravid. In the population of sandflies sampled exiting from burrows of the sand rat Psammomys obesus Cretschmar, these categories, respectively, represented 39%, 90% and 26% of the females examined. Leishmania promastigotes were found in 9% of females exiting from P. obesus burrows, and in 2.7% of the dispersing females. The anthrone test established that the reason for activity of gravid females is sugar feeding. These females do not disperse and are suitable targets for future control measures.
KW - Leishmania
KW - Phlebotomus papatasi
KW - Psammomys obesus
KW - physiological age
KW - sandfly control
KW - sandfly dispersal
KW - sugar‐feeding
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1988.tb00213.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1988.tb00213.x
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C2 - 2980198
AN - SCOPUS:0024087661
SN - 0269-283X
VL - 2
SP - 391
EP - 395
JO - Medical and Veterinary Entomology
JF - Medical and Veterinary Entomology
IS - 4
ER -
