Composition of Phlebotomine Fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Tourist Cave in the Municipality of Altinópolis, State of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias Pub Date : 2026-08-17 eCollection Date: 2026-01-01 DOI:10.1590/0001-3765202620250902

Guilherme Cecilio Lima, Gabriel N DE Oliveira, Salvador P Chaves Júnior, Letícia Cristina Morelli, Gabriela N Maggio, Fernanda G G Dias, Marcela A Rodrigues, Lizandra G Magalhães, Andrey José DE Andrade, Rafael P DE Mendonça

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Sand flies (Phlebotominae) are vectors of Leishmania, with moist, organic-rich soils common in caves critical for their life cycle. We investigated the sand fly fauna in Gruta do Itambé (Altinópolis, SP - Brazil), a regional ecotourism site, from March 2021 to January 2023. Monthly, ten CDC light traps were deployed during three consecutive nights. A total of 1,353 specimens were identified, predominantly of the genera Lutzomyia (81.74%) and Brumptomyia (15.15%). The most frequent species was Lu. longipalpis (74.06 %), followed by the recently described Lu. itambe (7.39 %). Given the potential role of these caves in leishmaniasis transmission, our findings support the need for entomological surveillance and individual protective measures in tourist-accessible caves.

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巴西圣保罗州Altinópolis市旅游洞穴白蛉区系组成（双翅目：白蛉科）。

沙蝇（白蛉科）是利什曼原虫的媒介，洞穴中常见的潮湿、富含有机物的土壤对它们的生命周期至关重要。研究人员于2021年3月至2023年1月对巴西Gruta do itamb （Altinópolis, SP - Brazil）区域生态旅游点的沙蝇区系进行了调查。每个月，连续三个晚上部署十个CDC光阱。共鉴定标本1353份，以Lutzomyia属（81.74%）和Brumptomyia属（15.15%）为主。最常见的物种是鹿。长掌肌（74.06%），其次是最近描述的卢。Itambe（7.39%）。鉴于这些洞穴在利什曼病传播中的潜在作用，我们的研究结果支持在游客可进入的洞穴中进行昆虫学监测和个人保护措施的必要性。

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期刊介绍： The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (BAS) publishes its journal, Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (AABC, in its Brazilianportuguese acronym ), every 3 months, being the oldest journal in Brazil with conkinuous distribukion, daking back to 1929. This scienkihic journal aims to publish the advances in scienkihic research from both Brazilian and foreigner scienkists, who work in the main research centers in the whole world, always looking for excellence. Essenkially a mulkidisciplinary journal, the AABC cover, with both reviews and original researches, the diverse areas represented in the Academy, such as Biology, Physics, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Agrarian Sciences, Engineering, Mathemakics, Social, Health and Earth Sciences.