دراسة تصنيفية لبعض أنواع الفواصد Phlebotomus (الذباب الرملي flies Sand)‎ (Diptera : psychodidae)‎ الناقل لداء الليشمانيا (Leishmania : kenitoplastidae)‎ في بعض مناطق محافظة حمص-سورية

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Leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitism diseases distributed in Syria, Phlebotomus plays a very important role in the parasite transmission causing these diseases.

The distribution of this species is variant by the differentiation of the environment.

This study aimed to survey Phlebotomus species in Homs governorate.

A total of 879 sand flies (Phlebotomus) were collected during the study period from May to October 2010, using Light traps (CDC) and Oil traps (sticky papers).

Specimens were represented by 447 male (51.2 %) and 432 female (48.2%), which contained two genus: Phlebotumus ( 93 %) and Sergentomyia (7%), and four subgenus Phlebotomus (78%), Paraphlebotomus (2%), Larroussious (13%), Sergentomyia (7.%).

Seven species were identified: P.papatasi (78%), P.srgenti (2%), P.syriacus (5%), P.tobbi (6%), P.negletus (0.1%), P.galilaeus (1%) and S.dentat (7%).

P.papatasi was the dominant species in the study area, while the other species has been recorded for the first time in the study area.

Species of sub genus Larroussious was distributed in the north western and western regions, where the climate is semi wet, whereas P.sergenti was found in the north western and north eastern regions of the governorate, on the other hand S.dentat was found in a company with P.papatasi in all areas.

Two density peaks were recorded to Phlebotomus activity in Homs governorate, the first one in June and the second one was in September.