Sandfly Fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) of São José Farm, Carmo District, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

Aiming to compare and update the sand fl y fauna of São José farm, Carmo District, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and considering the environmental changes occurred, the biology and ecology of the local sandfl y species were examined twelve years later as a complementary study carried. Captures were made in the intra, peridomicile and in the woods, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. 1210 sandfl ies of fi fteen species of the Lutzomyia