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Sand Flies Distribution and Bionomics, in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah |
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Ayman A. El-Badry,
Abdullah M. Al-Juhani,
El-Kheir D. Ibrahim and Saleem F. Al-Zubiany |
Abstract:
An entomological survey was carried out in four provinces
representing the surroundings of Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Western Saudi
Arabia from May 2007 to April 2008, to determine diversity, seasonal variations
and bionomics of sand flies, for better planning of their control strategies
and prevention of leishmaniasis. Sand flies were collected using CDC light
traps and sticky traps. A total of 4411 sand flies were collected. Six
species belonging to two genera were identified; P. papatasi, P.
sergenti, P. bergeroti, S. antennata, S. sergenti
and S. clydei. P. papatasi was the predominant anthropophagic species
(>80%). Sand flies were abundant intra-domiciliary (>75%) (mainly
Phlebotomus) than extra-domiciliary with highly significance (mainly
Sergentomyia), intra-domiciliary abundance was inflated by a greater
proportion of female flies. Of the 845 dissected Phlebotomus females,
Leishmania infection rate was ranged from 0.3 to 1.5%, mainly June
and sometimes May and October which give spotlight on infectivity of sand
flies and planning of control strategies, 362 (42.8%) were gravid, 417
(49.3%) were blood fed; Regarding parity and fecundity, the striking finding
was that none of the dissected females were parous in January, it shed
light on the mating season habits of sand flies in Almadinah region and
to design novel control strategies.
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How to cite this article:
Ayman A. El-Badry, Abdullah M. Al-Juhani, El-Kheir D. Ibrahim and Saleem F. Al-Zubiany, 2009. Sand Flies Distribution and Bionomics, in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. Research Journal of Parasitology, 4: 1-11.
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jp.2009.1.11
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