Phlebotomine sandflies and leishmaniasis risks in colombian coffee plantations under two systems of cultivation. – pubmed – ncbi

The phlebotomine sandfly fauna of traditional (shaded) and intensified (unshaded) coffee plantations in Colombia was sampled by a few methods as well as the species composition and density beneath the two systems compared. Twenty kinds of Lutzomyia sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) were collected, which eight come up with only inside the ‘Coffee Axis’ (‘Eje Cafetero’) …