FIOCRUZ | Ecological study of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) collected in the region of the São Manoel hydroelectric power plant

A sand fly survey was carried out as part of the environmental risk assessment in the region surrounding the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Teles Pires River, which demarks the boundary of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará. In order to evaluate the diversity and similarity of the sand fly communities in sylvatic forest and domestic environments, sand flies were collected every 3 months for two years (December 2015 to July 2017). A total of 1,686 sand flies distributed in 14 genera and 59 species were collected and a new species was described.