%0 Journal Article %T Flebotom¨ªneos de munic¨ªpios do norte do estado do Paran¨¢, sul do Brasil %A Membrive %A Norberto Assis %A Rodrigues %A Gesse %A Membrive %A Umberto %A Monteiro %A Wuelton Marcelo %A Neitzke %A Herintha Coeto %A Lonardoni %A Maria Valdrinez Campana %A Silveira %A Tha¨ªs Gomes Verzignassi %A Teodoro %A Ueslei %J Entomolog¨ªa y Vectores %D 2004 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0328-03812004000400009 %X this work reports the results of sandfly collections in several places, during 2001 and 2002, in bom sucesso, jardim alegre, kalor¨¦, londrina and sab¨¢udia municipalities, north of the state. the sandflies catches were performed with shannon and falc£¿o traps in domiciliary areas, domestic animal shelters, barns and in the forest. a total of 4,019 specimens of 8 species were captured. nyssomyia whitmani predominates in all of the municipalities. the species migonemyia migonei, nyssomyia neivai and n. whitmani may be involved in the epidemiology of american tegumentary leishmaniasis in this state. %K american tegumentary leishmaniasis %K nyssomyia whitmani %K insect vectors %K sandflies. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0328-03812004000400009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en