Occurrence of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli (Gabaldon et al) and Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) evansae (Brethes) (Diptera: Culicidae) in an Eutrophized Dam

This is the first record of immature stages of species belonging to the subgenus Nyssorhynchus (Blanchard) in eutrophized breeding habitats. Larvae of Anopheles (Nys.) evansae (Brethes), Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) rangeli (Gabaldon et al), Culex nigripalpus (Theobald) and Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) (Diptera: Culicidae) were collected in a rural eutrophized dam in Rio de Janeiro State, in Southeastern Brazil. Eutrophication was substantiated by the low diversity of mosquitoes, the high incidence of Cx. quinquefasciatus (42 percent) and of Daphinia sp. and, the high levels of both organic nitrogen (0.28 mg/l) and total phosphorus (0.02 mg/l).

Mortality of the defoliator Euselasia eucerus (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) by biotic factors in an Eucalyptus urophylla plantation in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Euselasia eucerus (Hewitson, 1872) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) is a Brazilian native species commonly found in Eucalyptus plantations. Biotic mortality factors of this defoliator were studied in a Eucalyptus urophylla plantation in Minas Gerais State, Brazil aiming to identify natural enemies and their impact on this insect. Euselasia eucerus had biotic mortality factors during all development stages. The most important were Trichogramma maxacalii Voegelé and Pointel, 1980 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) during egg stage (48.9 percent), a tachinid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) during larval stages (10 percent) and Itoplectis sp. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) during pupal stage (52.2 percent). The parasitism rate was higher in the basal part of the plant canopy (37.8 percent).

Euselasia eucerus (Hewitson, 1872) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) é uma espécie brasileira nativa, comumente encontrada em plantios de Eucalyptus. Um estudo da mortalidade por fatores bióticos desse desfolhador foi feito em um plantio de Eucalyptus urophylla no Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, com o objetivo de identificar os inimigos naturais e seu impacto sobre esse lepidóptero. Euselasia eucerus possui fatores bióticos de mortalidade durante todas as suas fases de desenvolvimento. Os mais importantes foram Trichogramma maxacalii Voegelé e Pointel, 1980 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) durante a fase de ovo (48,9 por cento), um Diptera: Tachinidae durante a fase de larva (10 por cento) e Itoplectis sp. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) durante a fase pupal (52,2 por cento). A taxa de parasitismo foi mais elevada na parte basal de plantas de eucalipto (37,8 por cento).

Development of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Vianna, 1911 in Lutzomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) under experimental conditions

The development of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in experimentally infected Lutzomyia intermedia, showed colonization of the hindgut from 48h after the infective blood-meal, and the migration flagellates to the foregut, with a massive infection of the cardia at the 5th day post infection. Up to 10 days following the infective blood-meal, very few parasites were seen in the pharynx and cibarium. The role of L. intermedia as a vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis is discussed according to the estabilished criteria

Studies on sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Lutzomyia intermedia was the predominant species. It was collected indoors but in much higher numbers outdoors, in the close vicinity of houses. In comparative captures it was found to feed more frequently on equines, and less frequently on man and dogs. Studies, using man and animals as baits, showed that blood-feeding started in the evening, and remained stable during the night, until early morning. June, August and October were the months of highest density

Flebótomos de Vargem Grande, foco de leishmaniose tegumentar no Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Phlebotomus of Vargem Grande, focus of tegumentary leishmaniasis in the State of Rio de Janeiro

Realizamos durante um ano completo coletas sistemáticas de flebótomos em Vargem Grande, onde recentemente encontráramos Lutzomyia intermedia naturalmente infectada por Leishmania braziliensis. Capturamos flebótomos pertencentes a doze espécies. Tanto dentro de casa quanto no peridomicílio, as capturas em isca humana e com armadilha luminosa, revelaram a grande predominância de L. intermedia seguida de L. migonei. Na plantaçäo predominou L. migonei. Nas coletas simultâneas em homem e cäo, L. intermedia foi mais freqüente no primeiro e L. migonei no segundo

Experimental infection of Lutzomyia longipalpis fed on a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Os autores lograram infectar flebótomos em um caso humano de leishmaniose tegumentar americana fazendo fêmeas de Lutzomyia longipalpis se alimentarem em paciente com lesöes devida à Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Flagellates in the Malpighian tubules of laboratory-bred Lutzomyia longipalpis fed on a hamster experimentally infected with Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Encontramos abundantes promastigotas nos tubos de Malpighi, além do tubo digestivo, em elevada proporçäo de fêmeas de Lutzomyia longipalpis experimentalmente infectadas em hamster inoculado com Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Estabelecimento de colonia, em laboratório de Lutzomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912 (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) / Establishment of colony, in laboratory, of Lutzomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912 (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)

Para a utilizaçäo em infecçöes experimentais e xenodiagnósticos de infecçöes naturais por leishmânias dermotrópicas do Rio de Janeiro, estabelecemos, em laboratório, uma colônia de Lutzomyia intermedia apresentando aqui a metodologia seguida, juntamente com dados relativos ao rendimento e duraçäo de cada fase evolutiva nas quatro primeiras geraçöes

Infecçäo natural de Lutzomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912, em área endêmica de leishmaniose tegumentar no Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Natural infections of Lutzomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912, in a endemic area of cutaneous leischmaniasis of Rio de Janeiro

Num foco de leishmaniose tegumentar em Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, foi encontrado um exemplar de Lutzomyia intermedia naturalmente infectado com Leishmania braziliensis