Occurrence records and metadata for sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) collected in the lands of indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon
Frente de Proteção Etnoambiental Médio Purus/Coordenação-Geral de Índios Isolados e de Recente Contato – CGIIRC/Fundação Nacional do Índio. Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena Amapá e Norte do Pará – Secretaria Especial de Saúde Indígena - Ministério da Saúde, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde, Sociedade e Endemias na Amazônia, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/Universidade Federal do Amazonas – Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Frente de Proteção Etnoambiental Médio Purus/Coordenação-Geral de Índios Isolados e de Recente Contato – CGIIRC/Fundação Nacional do Índio. Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena Amapá e Norte do Pará – Secretaria Especial de Saúde Indígena - Ministério da Saúde, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil, Programa de Pós-Graduação: Sociedade, Natureza e Desenvolvimento – Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
To contribute to knowledge of the epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) among indigenous people living in sylvatic regions, we studied the sand fly fauna collected in areas of disease transmission in the Brazilian Amazon. Here we report two datasets comprising occurrence data for sand flies from the Suruwaha Indigenous Land in the state of Amazonas collected in 2012–2013, and the Wajãpi Indigenous Land in the state of Amapá collected in 2013–2014. Sand flies were collected using unbaited CDC-like light traps at various sites within each study area and were identified to either genus or species-level by taxonomists with expertise in Amazonian fauna. A total of 4,646 records are reported: 1,428 from the Suruwaha and 3,218 from the Wajãpi. These records will contribute to a better understanding of ACL transmission dynamics, as well as the distribution of insect vectors, in these areas.
