Abstract
A total of 83,499 phlebotomine sand flies belonging to 23 species were captured in CDC light traps and from humans in three areas of the northeastern coastal region of Pernambuco State, Brazil. Two species had not been recorded previously from this region but have been incriminated as vectors of dermal leishmaniasis in the Amazon region. Lutzomyia claustrei, associated with the parasite Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi, and Lutzomyia flaviscutellata, associated with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, were captured in a small area of residual forest in the area of Recife. A third species, Lutzomyia complexa, which is considered a vector of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, was also taken in the same forest, as well as in similar habitats of the municipalities of Amaraji and Paudalho. The commonest species in each locality were, respectively, Lutzomyia umbratilis, Lutzomyia whitmani, and Lutzomyia complexa. All are important vectors of the agents of leishmaniasis in the Amazon region.
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