No CrossRef data available.
Article contents
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in kenya—III. The breeding and resting sites of Phlebotomus pedifer (Diptera: Phlebotomidae) in Mt Elgon focus, Kenya
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2011
Abstract
The breeding sites and biology of Phlebotomus pedifer was investigated in the caves of the old focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mt Elgon, Bungoma District, Kenya. Phlebotomus pedifer was found to rest mainly in the poorly lighted areas of the caves, on the roof, the floor of caves under objects, and in cracks and crevices inside the caves. The flies were also found in abundance in cracks and crevices outside the caves where hyraxes were found to rest. Immature stages of P. pedifer were recovered from wet areas of the floor of the caves. The biology of this species was investigated and the mean duration from egg to adult was 37 days.
Résumé
Les sites de reproduction et la biologie de Phlebotomus pedifer ont été étudiés dans les caves, daus un foyes du leishmaniose cutané, région de Mt Elgon, District de Bungoma, Kenya. On a observé que Phlebotomus pedifer se reposait principalement dans les parties sombres des caves, sur le toit, sur le plancher des caves, en dessous des objects, et dans les fissures et crevasses à l'intérieur des caves. On a aussi trouvé les mouches en abondance dans les fissures et crevasses à l'extérieur des caves où les rongeurs (hydraxes) se reposent. Les mouches P. pedifer au stade non mûr étaient récupérées des parties humides du plancher des caves. La biologie de ces espèces était étudiée et on a trouvé que la période moyenne entre le stade oeuf et le stade adulte était de 37 jours.
Keywords
- Type
- Special Section: Leishmaniasis Epidemiology
- Information
- Copyright
- Copyright © ICIPE 1986
References
REFERENCES
Ashford, R. W., Bray, M. A., Hutchinson, M. P. and Bray, E. S. (1973) The epidemilogy of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia. Trans. R. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg. 67, 568–601.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dedet, J. P., Derouin, F. and Hubert, B. (1980) Ecologie d'un foyer de leishmaniose cutanée dans la region de Thies (Senegal, Afrique de l'Oest). 4. Infestation spontanée et biologie de Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu-Lemaire, 1906. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 73, 266–276.Google Scholar
Foster, W. A. (1972) Studies on leishmaniasis in Ethiopia III: Resting and breeding sites, flight behaviour and seasonal abundance of Phlebotomus longipes (Diptera: Psychodidae). Ann. trop. Med. Parasil. 66, 313–328.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gemetchu, T. (1976) The biology of a laboratory colony of Phlebotomus longipes, Parrot and Martin (Diptera: Phlobotomidae). J. med. Ent. 12, 661.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gemetchu, T. (1977) Laboratory culture and biology of Phlebotomus pedifer (Diptera: Phlebotomidae). Eth. med J. 15, 1–4.Google ScholarPubMed
Hanson, W. (1961) Breeding places of Phlebotomus in Panama (Diptera, Psychodidae). Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 54, 317–322.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
King, H. H. (1913) Notes on the bionomics of the sandfiies (Phlebotomus) of Tokar Anglo Egyptian Sudan. Bull. ent. Res. 4, 83–84.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lewis, D. J., Mutinga, M. J., Parrot, A. and Ashford, R. W. (1972) Phlebotomus longipes Parrot and Martin (Diptera: Phlebotomidae) and a new related species. J. Ent. 41, 119–124.Google Scholar
Mutinga, M. J. (1971) Phlebotomus longipes, a vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kenya. Trans. R. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg. 65, 106.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mutinga, M. J. (1975a) Phlebotomus fauna in the cutaneous leishmaniasis focus of Mt. Elgon, Kenya. E. Afr. med. J. 52, 340–347.Google ScholarPubMed
Mutinga, M. J. (1975b) The animal reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis on Mt. Elgon, Kenya. E. Afr. med. J. 52, 142–150.Google Scholar
Ngoka, J. M., Madel, G. and Mutinga, M. J. (1975) Phlebotomus (Larroussius) elgonensis Sp. Nov. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae) a new sandfly from Kenya. E. Afr. med. J. 52, 132–141.Google ScholarPubMed