%0 Journal Article %T Studies on the sandfly fauna of Samuel Ecological Station, Porto Velho Municipality, Rond£¿nia State, Brazil %A Azevedo %A Alfredo C. R. de %A Luz %A S¨¦rgio L. Bessa %A Vilela %A Maur¨ªcio L. %A Rangel %A Elizabeth F. %J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz %D 1993 %I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de %R 10.1590/S0074-02761993000400002 %X in a study of sandfly species in the samuel ecological station, in porto velho, rond£¿nia state, the following species were identified: lutzomyia brasiliensis, l. evangelistai, l. gomezi, l. anduzei, l. flaviscutellata, l. richardwardi, l. shawi, l. umbratilis, l. yuilli yuilli, l. dendrophyla, l. puctigeniculata, l. shannoni, l. amazonensis, l. ayrozai, l. carrerai carrerai, l. claustrei, l. davisi and l. lainsoni. l. richardwardi, l. umbratilis and l. c. carrerai were the predominant species captured of man forming 60.30% of the total catch. l. richarwardi was the most frequent at ground level (29.9%), while l. umbratilis predominated in the canopy (48.5%). %K sandfly fauna %K lutzomyia %K rond£¿nia state. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02761993000400002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en