Brazilian Sand Flies Biology, Taxonomy, Medical Importance and Control /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rangel, Elizabeth F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shaw, Jeffrey J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Entomology.; Plant systematics.; Plant taxonomy.; Parasitology.; Microbiology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
• Physical Description: XVIII, 494 p. 95 illus., 33 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319755441
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75544-1

This is the first English-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. No other country has so many species of these haematophagous insects as Brazil and their diversity has reached an astonishing level. The book contains comprehensive chapters, written by Brazilian experts on their regional distribution, their ecology and their importance as vectors of pathogens and parasites. Methods for sampling, processing and preserving phlebotomines are reviewed as are perspectives on surveillance and leishmaniasis vector control. A novel classification is presented whose aim is to help investigators identify the species that they are working with more efficiently.