Natural Leishmania (Viannia) infections of phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) indicate classical and alternative transmission cycles of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Guiana Shield, Brazil

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Table 2.

Average of phlebotomine putative vector species captured per hour in the Serra do Navio, Amapá State, Brazil, from 1996 to 1999.

Phlebotomine putative vector species	Capture method^*				Total^**
	CDC ground	CDC canopy	Shannon	Tree bases
Ny. umbratilis	0.17	1.64	5.33	0.93	0.64
Ps. squamiventris maripaensis	0.04	0.09	11.5	0.03	0.19
Ny. anduzei	0.02	0.18	3.48	–	0.10
Th. ubiquitalis	0.08	0.008	1.11	–	0.07
Ny. whitmani	0.01	0.12	0.25	0.68	0.05
Ps. paraensis	0.007	0.02	0.81	–	0.02
Bi. flaviscutellata	0.008	0.005	0.2	–	0.009

Based on 3,600 h CDC ground, 1,440 h CDC canopy, 60 h Shannon, and 60 h of aspiration on tree bases;

^**

Based on 5,160 h of total trapping.

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