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. 2025 Sep 5;19(9):e0013445. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013445

Table 1. Taxonomic inventory of sand flies, sex and feeding status of the females collected in the departments of Amazonas (Tanimboca and San Pedro de los Lagos localities) and Caquetá (Sebastopol, Jericó, Macagual, and Santo Domingo localities).

Department Caquetá Amazonas N (%)
Municipality Caraño Santo Domingo San Martín Leticia
Locality Sebastopol Jericó Santo Domingo Macagual Tanimboca San Pedro de los Lagos
Genus Species ♀ˆ ♀ˆ ♀ˆ ♀ˆ ♀ˆ
Brumptomyia 1 mesai ** - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 (0.1)
Evandromyia 2 (Eva.) georgii ** - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 (0.2)
3 (Eva.) saulensis - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 (0.1)
4 (Ald.) walkeri - - 4 9 73 - - 1 1 - - - - 17 7 21 133 (12.1)
Nyssomyia 5 antunesi + - - - - - 4 1 13 101 1 - - - 1 - 1 122 (11.1)
6 fraihai ** 8 - 28 4 - 40 1 7 17 - - - - 14 1 - 120 (10.9)
7 umbratilis + - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - 2 (0.2)
8 yuilli pajoti ** 1 - - 2 1 17 8 8 166 1 1 - - - - - 205 (18.6)
Lutzomyia 9 (Tri.) sherlocki ** - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 3 (0.3)
10 (Hel.) tortura ** + - - - - - 25 - 15 - - - - - - - - 40 (3.6)
Micropygomyia 11 (Mic.) pilosa - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 (0.1)
Psychodopygus 12 amazonensis + - 2 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 22 - 3 28 (2.5)
13 ayrozai + - - - - - 2 1 2 - - - - 1 4 - 5 15 (1.4)
14 carrerai thula ** - - - - - 3 - 2 - - - - - - - - 5 (0.5)
15 chagasi + 11 13 - - - 2 - 5 - - - - - - - - 31 (2.8)
16 davisi + - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - 12 1 6 24 (2.2)
17 paraensis + - - - - 1 6 - 3 - - - - - 15 2 2 29 (2.6)
18 panamensis + - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 (0.1)
Psathyromyia 19 (For.) aragaoi 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3 16 (1.5)
20 (Psa.) dendrophyla - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 (0.1)
Pintomyia 21 (Pif.) serrana ** - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - 2 (0.2)
22 (Pif.) nevesi - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 (0.1)
Sciopemyia 23 fluviatilis * ° - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - - 3 (0.3)
24 sordellii - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 2 (0.2)
Trichophoromyia 25 cellulana - - 112 8 116 - - - - - - - - - - - 236 (21.4)
26 howardi ** - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 5 7 14 (1.3)
27 velezbernali - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 (0.2)
Trichopygomyia 28 witoto - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 15 (1.4)
Viannamyia 29 caprina * - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 (0.1)
30 tuberculata *+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 (0.1)
Lutzomyia 31 sp. 3 - 11 1 3 8 - 3 8 1 - 1 - 5 - 3 47 (4.3)
Total for sex 27 21 157 26 197 114 11 63 293 3 1 5 2 100 17 67 1104
Total for locality 48 380 188 297 7 184
Total for department 913 191

*New record for the department of Amazonas, ** New record for the department of Caquetá, ° New record for Colombia, + Species of epidemiological relevance, N (%): Relative abundance of captured sand flies, ♀: Female, ♀ˆ : Fed females, : Male.