Morphometric discrimination between females of two isomorphic sand fly species, Phlebotomu

Morphometric discrimination between females of two isomorphic sand fly species, Phlebotomus caucasicus and Phlebotomus mongolensis (Diptera:Phlebotominae) in endemic and non-endemic foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

in Iran

Azad Absavaran;Mehdi Mohebali;Vahideh Moin-Vaziri;Alireza Zahraei-Ramazani;Amir Ahmad Akhavan;Fariba Mozaffarian;Sayena Rafizadeh;Yavar Rassi

【期刊名称】《亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2019(012)004

【摘要】Objective: To delineate reliable morphological characteristics for identifying and separating female Phlebotomus caucasicus and Phlebotomus mongolensis which exist sympatrically in the main foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran. Methods: Sand flies were collected using sticky trap papers from active colonies of rodent burrows installed from 16 catching sites. Morphometric measurements were analyzed of 87 Phlebotomus caucasicus and 156 Phlebotomus mongolensis. Univariate and multivariate analysis were carried out to determine significant morphometric variables for discrimination of the two species. Finally, seven morphological characteristics of 65 female Phlebotomus caucasicus and 124 female Phlebotomus mongolensis were described. Results: Univariate and multivariate analyses of 10