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Tateng, Aime Ngouateu, Payne, Vincent Khan, Ngouateu, Omer Bebe, Kirstein, Oscar David, Warburg, Alon, von Stebut, Esther, Maurer, Marcus ORCID: 0000-0002-4121-481X, Dondji, Blaise and Krueger, Andreas (2019). Inventory and taxonomy of phlebotomine sand flies of the Mokolo leishmaniasis focus, northern Cameroon, with description of new Sergentomyia taxa (Diptera: Psychodidae). Acta Trop., 194. S. 172 - 181. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 1873-6254

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Abstract

Leishmaniasis is endemic in northern Cameroon. However, the sand fly vectors have not been incriminated. A sand fly species inventory was generated by integrating a number of techniques. Miniature light traps were used for collecting sand flies in a variety of ecotopes found across the area, and a morphological and molecular identification approach for taxonomic confirmation was undertaken. In a pilot survey conducted in September 2012, we captured 687 sand flies, 259 of which were morphologically identified to species level. They represent 14 species of the genera Sergentomyia and Grassomyia. No Phlebotomus spp. were found. A second series of collections was carried out during 2013 in five different environmental setups: two urban, two peri-urban/rural and one sylvatic; 14,036 sand flies (6665 males and 7371 females) were collected. A total of 5926 females and 98 males were morphologically identified to species level, representing 19 species of the genera Sergentomyia, Grassomyia and Phlebotomus, including Ph. duboscqi, a known vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the region. Two new taxa were found and are described: Sergentomyia (Sintonius) thomsoni mandarai ssp. nov. and Se. coronula sp. nov. Our study is the first to report the following species in Cameroon: Se. (Sin.) thomsoni (as ssp. nov. mandarai), Se. (Ser.) cincta, Se. (Sin.) affinis ssp. vorax, Se. (Sin.) adami, Se. (Sin.) herollandi, and Se. (Sin.) christophersi. In addition, some morphologically atypical Sergentomyia specimens (combination of Ser. x Sin. traits) were recorded. A checklist of 32 species reports from Cameroon is presented.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Tateng, Aime Ngouateu UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Payne, Vincent Khan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ngouateu, Omer Bebe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kirstein, Oscar David UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Warburg, Alon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED von Stebut, Esther UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Maurer, Marcus UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-481X UNSPECIFIED Dondji, Blaise UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Krueger, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-147100
DOI:	10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.04.006
Journal or Publication Title:	Acta Trop.
Volume:	194
Page Range:	S. 172 - 181
Date:	2019
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1873-6254
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; SANDFLIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; AREA Multiple languages Parasitology; Tropical Medicine Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14710