Title:	Flight dispersal of the Chagas disease vectors Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata in northeastern Brazil
Authors:	la Fuente, Ana Laura Carbajal de Minoli, Sebastian A. Lopes, Catarina M. Noireau, François Lazzari, Claudio R. Lorenzo, Marcelo Gustavo
Affilliation:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Laboratorio de Fisiología de Insectos. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina/Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de I’lnsecte. Université François.Rabelais, Tours, France Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement. Montpellier, France Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de I’lnsecte. Université François.Rabelais, Tours, France Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Abstract:	The present paper reports for the first time the capture of wild Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata by means of light traps in Brazil. We tested commercially available lighting devices powered by batteries to attract the bugs to a white piece of cloth in the field. Two main findings showed to be significant: first, the results presented here show that light traps can be used for sampling these species in wild environments; second, they reveal that house colonization by triatomines may also happen as a consequence of the arrival of flying sylvatic bugs guided by artificial light sources. In addition, we discuss the effect of some environmental and biological factors on triatomine flight activity modulation. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Keywords:	Triatominae light traps flight sampling northeastern Brazil
Issue Date:	2007
Publisher:	Elsevier
Citation:	FUENTE, Ana Laura Carbajal de la et al. Flight dispersal of the Chagas disease vectors Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata in northeastern Brazil. Acta Trop., v. 101, n. 2, p. 115-119, 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.12.007.
DOI:	10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.12.007
ISSN:	0001-706X
Copyright:	restricted access
Appears in Collections:	MG - IRR - Artigos de Periódicos

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