New Records and Updated Checklist of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) From Liberia

Authors

P. J. Obenauer, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
L. M. Rueda, Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchFollow
S. S. El-Hossary, Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchFollow
N. Watany, Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchFollow
C. A. Stoops, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6Follow
L. S. Fakoli, Liberian Institute for Biomedical ResearchFollow
F. K. Bolay, Liberian Institute for Biomedical ResearchFollow
J. W. Diclaro II, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3Follow

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

Journal of Medical Entomology, 53(3), 2016, 717–720

Comments

© The Authors 2016

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

doi: 10.1093/jme/tjv255

Abstract

Phlebotomine sand flies from three counties in Liberia were collected from January 2011 to July 2013. In total, 3,118 sand flies were collected: 18 species were identified, 13 of which represented new records for Liberia. An updated taxonomic checklist is provided with a brief note on sand fly biology, and the disease vector potential for species is discussed.