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Online catalogue of the Coleção de Flebotomíneos (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB), a biological collection of American sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) held at Fiocruz Minas, Brazil

José Dilermando Andrade-Filho 1,2,*, Alanna Silva Reis 1,2, Carolina Cunha Monteiro 1,2, Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro 1,2
PMCID: PMC9930498  PMID: 36824516

Abstract

The Coleção de Flebotomíneos (“Phlebotomine Collection”; FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB) held at Fiocruz Minas is a curated biological collection comprising approximately 80 000 individual specimens of 370 species of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). These were mostly collected from the Americas in the last 80 years by entomologists interested in understanding and controlling the vector-borne disease leishmaniases. Since 2010, the metadata of each biological specimen held in FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB, including the back catalogue of those deposited in previous decades, has been digitized. Here, we present the resulting electronic catalog containing records for 72,624 of the specimens, including all of the available provenance information associated with each specimen. The catalog is published online through the speciesLink network and the Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr).

Data description

Background

Biological collections are repositories of biodiversity housing specimens and their related information, which can be used in various areas of scientific research [1]. These collections are especially important for insects of medical and veterinary importance, where accurate taxonomic identification is necessary for understanding and intervening in the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases [2]. The “Coleção de Flebotomíneos” (“Phlebotomine Collection”) is held at the Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz Minas (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB), a federal public health research institution in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB is a biological collection of preserved sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). These small insects are of considerable medical and public health importance because their blood-feeding adult females transmit protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania, the etiological agent of leishmaniases, in addition to other bacterial and viral pathogens, which infect both human and non-human vertebrates [3]. The insect specimens deposited in FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB come from many different research projects carried out over the last 80 years. These projects were undertaken in many different areas of leishmaniases transmission, as well as from wild environments where leishmaniasis has never been recorded. The deposited sand flies were usually collected using light traps and have been identified by highly trained specialists using available taxonomic keys [2, 4]. The specimens can support research in the areas of taxonomy and systematics [5–7], and their associated data can be used in ecological niche/species distribution modelling [8], among other applications [9].

The dataset reported here is the metadata for each individual sand fly specimen deposited in FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB since 1953. Our dataset has 57 fields, which for each individual sand fly specimen describes its (i) taxonomy (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, infraspecificEpithet, scientificName, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, vernacularName, typestatus); (ii) collection details, including the collectors (recordedBy), collection date, trapping method, trap identification number, collection site description (occurrenceRemarks, eventDate, eventTime, habitat, samplingProtocol, samplingEffort, eventRemarks); (iii) geolocation data (country, countryCode, stateProvince, county, Island, waterbody, locality, locationRemarks, decimalLongitude, decimalLatitude, georeferenceRemarks); and (iv) catalogue reference data (occurrenceID, catalogNumber, OtherCatalogNumbers). The associated data for each physical object in our collection has a paper card with many fields referring to specimen provider, location, quantity of specimens, and so on. Data from these cards have been digitized by a dedicated member of the collection staff since 2010. The data are provided in the Darwin Core format [10]. Our data are available in the Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr), an online platform that integrates data and information about biodiversity and ecosystems. SiBBr is the Brazilian node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) [11], an internationally recognized resource for collating biological occurrence data. Our dataset has been submitted to GBIF, and is publicly available for use by others there (see Figure 1) [12].

Figure 1.

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Interactive map of the georeferenced occurrences hosted by GBIF [12]. https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2a629a9a-38d1-496b-afbf-b4ff3b8fae60

Context

Phlebotomine sand flies are insects of medical importance because they are involved in the transmission of pathogens between human and non-human animals. Approximately 1,000 sand flies species have been described, of which 530 are known to occur in the neotropical and nearctic regions [13].

FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB was officially started in 1953 as part of the work of Professor Amilcar Vianna Martins and Alda Lima Falcão, in collaboration with the technician João Evangelista da Silva [14]. The number of specimens in the collection increased considerably during the 1960s and 1970s. In the last 20 years, fossil specimens, as well as voucher specimens from DNA-based barcoding studies and other epidemiological studies involving fieldwork, have continued to be deposited in the collection [7, 15].

FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB contains 922 type specimens belonging to 151 species, including holotypes, allotypes, paratypes, plesiotypes, cotypes, topotypes, homeotypes, syntypes and neotypes. FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB also has a diverse collection of fossil species of neotropical sand flies, currently comprising 47 ambers from the Dominican Republic, within which 162 sand flies of nine species are preserved. Additionally, FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB has over 700 voucher specimens deposited from continuing DNA barcoding studies.

Efforts to digitize the metadata of biological specimens held in FIOCRUZ/COFLEB have been ongoing since 2010. Among the biological collections of the various regional institutions that comprise Fiocruz [16], FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB has the most published online data. Our online catalog is also integrated into the speciesLink network [17] and the Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr) [18].

Methods

The sand flies held in FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB are adults and were collected using various methods, including resting collection from artificial and natural surfaces using either mechanical or manual aspirators (“pooters”); human-landing capture unbaited and CO2-baited CDC-like light traps; and Shannon traps. Collections were made in different environments, including domestic and peridomestic (i.e., houses and their surroundings in urban, suburban and rural areas) and relatively undisturbed sylvatic and wild area (e.g., remote forest areas). Our specimens come from all 27 states of Brazil, and 19 other different countries of the Americas.

The live-caught insects are permanently mounted on glass microscope slides and preserved in either Berlese medium or Canada Balsam, while the fossil specimens are kept in plastic vials. All types are labelled with color-coded labels.

Data validation and quality control

Insects were identified by experienced taxonomists using keys available in the literature: those of Galati [2] and Young and Duncan [4].

The dataset is in Darwin Core format [10], with 57 possible terms available. All mandatory fields are present and have undergone screening in the FIOCRUZ IPT (Integrated Publishing Toolkit) [18], which is the GBIF software to provide data through their network. Metadata fields are also available on the online pages.

Re-use potential

The data associated with the biological specimens deposited in FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB are of importance because they (i) describe the distribution of sand flies in different parts of Brazil, and (ii) have a good temporal coverage – some specimens date back to 1939, while the most recent deposit was recorded in 2021. These data can be used for many different applications, in different research areas, including taxonomy and systematics [5–7], and ecological niche modelling [8], among others [9], to vector control activities [19, 20].

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Vice-Presidência de Pesquisa e Coleções Biológicas/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (VPPCB) for technical and financial support; Dr. Manuela da Silva and Dr. Aline da Silva Soares Souto (VPPCB). Juliana Xavier Faustino for technical support between 2013 to 2018; all the past and present students and researchers, who contributed in various ways to the formation, expansion and maintenance of the collection since its inception in the 1960s; and Luke Baton for his comments on draft versions of this manuscript. We also thank Clara Baringo Fonseca (RNP – Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa) for technical support with the IPT.

Funding Statement

FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB is maintained and funded by the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. JDAF received research fellowships from CNPq (302701/2016-8) and funding from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG; PPM-00792-18). PHFS received a research grant from FAPEMIG (PPM-00676-18).

Data Availability

The data supporting this article are published through the FIOCRUZ – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation IPT [18] and are available under a CC0 waiver from GBIF [12].

Editor’s note

This paper is part of a series of Data Release articles working with GBIF and supported by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, hosted at the World Health Organization [21].

Declarations

List of Abbreviations

FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB: Coleção de Flebotomíneos, Fiocruz Minas (“Phlebotomine Collection of Fiocriz Minas”); GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility; IPT: Information Publishing Tool; SiBBr: Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (“Information System for Brazilian Biodiversity”); TDR: the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases.

Ethical approval

Not applicable.

Consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing Interests

The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.

Funding

FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB is maintained and funded by the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. JDAF received research fellowships from CNPq (302701/2016-8) and funding from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG; PPM-00792-18). PHFS received a research grant from FAPEMIG (PPM-00676-18).

Authors’ contributions

JDAF: collection curator, provision of resources, revision of the manuscript; ASR: data curation; CCM: data curation; PHFS: collection curator, preparation of the manuscript.

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GigaByte. 2022 May 23;2022:gigabyte52. [Article in Portuguese]

Catálogo online da Coleção de Flebotomíneos (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB), uma coleção biológica de flebotomíneos americanos (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) da Fiocruz Minas, Brasil

José Dilermando Andrade-Filho 1,2,*, Alanna Silva Reis 1,2, Carolina Cunha Monteiro 1,2, Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro 1,2

Abstract

A Coleção de Flebotomíneos (“Coleção de Flebotomíneos”; FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB) da Fiocruz Minas é uma coleção biológica composta por aproximadamente 80.000 exemplares representando 370 espécies de flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). Estes insetos foram coletados principalmente nas Américas nos últimos 80 anos por entomologistas interessados em entender e contribuir com conhecimento para o controle das leishmanioses, doenças causadas por protozoários transmitidos por vetores. Desde 2010, os metadados de cada espécime mantido na FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB, incluindo os dados retroativos daqueles depositados em décadas anteriores, estão sendo digitalizados. Aqui, apresentamos o catálogo eletrônico resultante contendo registros para 72.624 exemplares, incluindo todas as informações associadas disponíveis para cada espécime. O catálogo é publicado online por meio da rede speciesLink e do Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr).

Descrição dos dados

Introdução

As coleções biológicas são repositórios de espécimes que abrigam a biodiversidade e suas informações relacionadas, que podem ser utilizados em diversas áreas de pesquisa científica [1]. Essas coleções são especialmente importantes para insetos de importância médica e veterinária, cuja identificação taxonômica precisa é necessária para entender e elaborar intervenções na epidemiologia de doenças de transmissão vetorial [2]. A “Coleção de Flebotomíneos” está localizada no Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz Minas (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB), instituição federal de pesquisa em saúde pública em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB é uma coleção biológica de flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) preservados em lâminas de microscopia. Esses pequenos insetos são de considerável importância médica e de saúde pública, pois as fêmeas adultas são hematófagas e transmitem parasitas protozoários do gênero Leishmania, agente etiológico das leishmanioses, além de outros patógenos bacterianos e virais, que infectam vertebrados humanos e não humanos [3]. Os espécimes de insetos depositados na FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB são provenientes de diversos projetos de pesquisa realizados ao longo dos últimos 80 anos. Esses projetos foram realizados em muitas áreas diferentes de transmissão de leishmaniose, bem como em ambientes silvestres onde a leishmaniose nunca foi registrada. Os flebotomíneos depositados geralmente foram coletados usando armadilhas de luz e foram identificados por especialistas altamente treinados usando chaves taxonômicas disponíveis [2, 4]. Os espécimes podem subsidiar pesquisas nas áreas de taxonomia e sistemática [5–7], e seus dados associados podem ser usados em modelagem de distribuição de nichos ecológicos/espécies [8], entre outras aplicações [9].

O conjunto de dados aqui apresentado inclui os metadados para cada espécime individual de flebotomíneo depositado na FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB desde 1953. Nosso conjunto de dados possui 57 campos para cada espécime individual de flebotomíneo descrevendo sua (i) taxonomia (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, infraspecificEpithet, scientificName, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, vernacularName, typestatus); (ii) informações de campo, incluindo os coletores (recordedBy), data de coleta, método de coleta, identificação da armadilha, descrição do sítio de coleta (occurrenceRemarks, eventDate, eventTime, habitat, samplingProtocol, samplingEffort, eventRemarks); (iii) dados geográficos (country, countryCode, stateProvince, county, Island, waterbody, locality, locationRemarks, decimalLongitude, decimalLatitude, georeferenceRemarks); e (iv) referências aos dados de tombamento e catalogação (occurrenceID, catalogNumber, OtherCatalogNumbers). Os dados associados a cada objeto físico de nossa coleção possuem um cartão de papel com diversos campos referentes ao depositante do espécime, localização, quantidade de espécimes etc. Os dados desses cartões foram digitalizados por um membro dedicado da equipe de coleta desde 2010. Os dados são fornecidos no formato Darwin Core [10]. Nossos dados estão disponíveis no Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr), plataforma online que integra dados e informações sobre biodiversidade e ecossistemas. O SiBBr é o nó brasileiro do Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) [11], uma infraestrutura reconhecida internacionalmente para a disponibilização de dados da biodiversidade. Nosso conjunto de dados foi submetido ao GBIF e está disponível publicamente para uso por outros (veja a Figura 1) [12].

Figura 1.

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Mapa interativo das ocorrências georreferenciadas hospedadas pelo GBIF [12]. https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2a629a9a-38d1-496b-afbf-b4ff3b8fae60

Contexto

Os flebotomíneos são insetos de importância médica, pois estão envolvidos na transmissão de patógenos entre animais humanos e não humanos. Aproximadamente 1.000 espécies de flebotomíneos foram descritas, das quais 530 são conhecidas por ocorrerem nas regiões neotropicais e neárticas [13].

A FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB foi iniciada oficialmente em 1953 como parte do trabalho dos pesquisadores Amilcar Vianna Martins e Alda Lima Falcão, em colaboração com o técnico João Evangelista da Silva [14]. O número de espécimes na coleção aumentou consideravelmente durante as décadas de 1960 e 1970. Nos últimos 20 anos, espécimes fósseis, bem como espécimes de comprovantes de estudos de código de barras baseados em DNA e outros estudos epidemiológicos envolvendo trabalho de campo, continuaram a ser depositados na coleção [7, 15].

A FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB contém 922 espécimes-tipo pertencentes a 151 espécies, incluindo holótipos, alótipos, parátipos, plesiótipos, cotipos, topótipos, homeótipos, síntipos e neótipos. A FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB também possui uma coleção diversificada de espécies fósseis de flebotomíneos neotropicais, atualmente composta por 47 âmbares da República Dominicana, dentro dos quais estão preservados 162 flebotomíneos de nove espécies. Além disso, a FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB possui mais de 700 espécimes-testemunhos depositados a partir de estudos de código de barras de DNA (DNA barcoding).

Esforços para digitalizar os metadados dos espécimes biológicos mantidos na FIOCRUZ/COFLEB estão em andamento desde 2010. Dentre as coleções biológicas das diversas instituições regionais que compõem a Fiocruz [16], a FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB tem maior número de registros online publicados. Nosso catálogo online também está integrado à rede speciesLink [17] e ao Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr) [18].

Métodos

Os flebotomíneos depositados na FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB são adultos e foram coletados por diversos métodos, incluindo coleta em repouso de superfícies artificiais e naturais com aspiradores mecânicos ou manuais (“pooters”); armadilhas de luz tipo CDC sem isca e com isca de CO2; e armadilhas Shannon. As coletas foram feitas em diferentes ambientes, incluindo doméstico e peridoméstico (ou seja, casas e seus arredores em áreas urbanas, suburbanas e rurais) e áreas silvestres e selvagens relativamente intocadas (por exemplo, áreas florestais remotas). Nossos exemplares são provenientes de todos os 27 estados do Brasil e de outros 19 países diferentes das Américas.

Os insetos capturados vivos são permanentemente montados em lâminas de microscópio de vidro e preservados em meio Berlese ou Bálsamo do Canadá, enquanto os espécimes fósseis são mantidos em frascos de plástico. Todos os tipos são rotulados com etiquetas codificadas por cores.

Validação dos dados e controle de qualidade

Os insetos foram identificados por taxonomistas experientes usando chaves disponíveis na literatura: as de Galati [2] e Young e Duncan [4].

O conjunto de dados está no formato Darwin Core [10], com 57 termos disponíveis. Todos os campos obrigatórios estão presentes e passaram por triagem no IPT da FIOCRUZ (Integrated Publishing Toolkit) [18], que é o software do GBIF para fornecer dados através de sua rede. Os campos de metadados também estão disponíveis nas páginas online.

Potencial de re-uso dos dados

Os dados associados aos espécimes biológicos depositados na FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB são importantes porque (i) descrevem a distribuição dos flebotomíneos em diferentes partes do Brasil, e (ii) têm uma boa cobertura temporal – alguns espécimes datam de 1939, enquanto o depósito mais recente foi registrado em 2021. Esses dados podem ser usados para muitas aplicações diferentes, em diferentes áreas de pesquisa, incluindo taxonomia e sistemática [5–7], e modelagem de nicho ecológico [8], entre outros [9], para subsidiar atividades de controle [19, 20].

Agradecimentos

Agradecemos à Vice-Presidência de Pesquisa e Coleções Biológicas/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (VPCCB) pelo apoio técnico e financeiro; às Dra. Manuela da Silva e Dra. Aline da Silva Soares Souto (VPCCB). Juliana Xavier Faustino pelo suporte técnico entre 2013-2018; todos os alunos e pesquisadores do passado e do presente, que contribuíram de diversas formas para a formação, ampliação e manutenção do acervo desde sua criação na década de 1960; Luke Baton por seus comentários sobre as versões preliminares deste manuscrito. Agradecemos também a Clara Baringo Fonseca (RNP – Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa) pelo apoio técnico junto ao IPT.

Funding Statement

A FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB é mantida e financiada pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. JDAF recebeu bolsas de pesquisa do CNPq (302701/2016-8) e financiamento da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG; PPM-00792-18). PHFS recebeu bolsa de pesquisa da FAPEMIG (PPM-00676-18).

Disponibilidade de dados

Os dados apresentados neste artigo são publicados através do IPT da FIOCRUZ – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz [18] e estão disponíveis sob licença CC0 no GBIF [12].

Nota do editor

Este artigo faz parte de uma série de artigos de divulgação de dados disponibilizados pelo GBIF e apoiada pelo TDR, o Programa Especial de Pesquisa e Treinamento em Doenças Tropicais, da Organização Mundial da Saúde [21].

Declarações

Lista de abreviações

FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB: Coleção de Flebotomíneos, Fiocruz Minas; GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility; IPT: Information Publishing Tool; SiBBr: Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira; TDR: the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases.

Aprovação ética

Não aplicável.

Consentimento para publicação

Não aplicável.

Conflito de interesses

O(s) autor(es) declara(m) não ter conflito de interesses.

Financiamento

A FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB é mantida e financiada pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. JDAF recebeu bolsas de pesquisa do CNPq (302701/2016-8) e financiamento da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG; PPM-00792-18). PHFS recebeu bolsa de pesquisa da FAPEMIG (PPM-00676-18).

Contribuições dos autores

JDAF: curador da coleção, fornecimento de recursos, revisão do manuscrito; ASR: curadoria de dados; CCM: curadoria de dados; PHFS: curadora da coleção, preparação do manuscrito.

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Do you understand and agree to our policy of having open and named reviews, and having your review included with the published papers. (If no, please inform the editor that you cannot review this manuscript.) Yes
Is the language of sufficient quality? No
Please add additional comments on language quality to clarify if needed Whereas the information content is clear, it is often presented as lengthy phrases joined by conjunctions. In Engllish, These clauses or phrases will be sepaarated by a period (full stop). Occasional unnecessary wordiness was also encountered.
Are all data available and do they match the descriptions in the paper? Yes
Additional Comments This is a very important database for research in phlebotomine taxonomy, as well as for understanding the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in the Americas. The Fiocruz Minas laboratories are renown for its current and historical collections, its highly skilled phlebotomine taxonomists, and its welcoming atmosphere.
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Is the data acquisition clear, complete and methodologically sound? Yes
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Is there sufficient detail in the methods and data-processing steps to allow reproduction? Yes
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Is there sufficient data validation and statistical analyses of data quality? Not my area of expertise
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Is the validation suitable for this type of data? Yes
Additional Comments Again, I am unsure about "validation". Certainly the species indentifications (the most important data) are of the highest caliber.
Is there sufficient information for others to reuse this dataset or integrate it with other data? Yes
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Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author Please break up your lengthy sentences with several clauses (including what are termed 'dangling modifiers' into shorter sentences that contain only closely related information. An example is given below: ORIGINAL SENTENCE: [The “Coleção de Flebotomíneos” ( the “Collection of Phlebotomines” as it is called in Portuguese) –held at the Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz Minas (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB), a federal public health research institution in the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil is a biological collection of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) small insects of considerable medical and public health importance because their blood-feeding adult females transmit protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania, the etiological agent of leishmaniases, in addition to other bacterial and viral pathogens, which infect both human and non-human vertebrates [3] ] .A SUGGESTED REWRITE: The Collection of Phlebotomines (or “Coleção de Flebotomíneos” in Portuguese) is held at a federal public health institution—the Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz Minas (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB) located in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It consists of a preserved collection of small flies, the phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). They are of considerable medical and public health importance, because by means of the blood feeding habit of the adult females, these flies can transmit a variety of protozoan, bacterial and viral diseases. The most important of these Is human leishmaniasis, a protozoan of the genus Leishmania [3].
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Is the data acquisition clear, complete and methodologically sound? Yes
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Please add additional comments on language quality to clarify if needed The manuscript is short, but well-written.
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Additional Comments The manuscript and the database if published represent an invaluable referencie source to all those researchers working on leishmaniasis vectors.
Are the data and metadata consistent with relevant minimum information or reporting standards? See GigaDB checklists for examples <a href="http://gigadb.org/site/guide" target="_blank">http://gigadb.org/site/guide</a> Yes
Additional Comments Access to Fiocruz/COLFLEB - Coleção de Flebotomíneos had no problem when using the provided link.
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Additional Comments Tha manuscript is not an experimental design, so perhaps the comments do not apply to the above-question.
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Is there sufficient information for others to reuse this dataset or integrate it with other data? Yes
Additional Comments Yes, the manuscript is clear on this issue of how the dataset was elaborated and its potential use in different research fields.
Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author Publication of this manuscript will certainly be a valuable resource to other researchers and institutions and also, will allow the recognition of the importance of preserving insect collection and its associated datasets.
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Additional Comments Not all specimens are classified to species level, but the paper does not state they are so I think this is OK. They are all sand flies. Many of the 'locality' values in the GBIF download contain non-ascii characters which makes the value unreadable. Many of the specimens do not include GPS values. I initially thought that it was just the older records (<1980s) but this does not seem to be the case, thus probably reflects how data for those records were collected.
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    Data Availability Statement

    The data supporting this article are published through the FIOCRUZ – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation IPT [18] and are available under a CC0 waiver from GBIF [12].

    Os dados apresentados neste artigo são publicados através do IPT da FIOCRUZ – Fundação Oswaldo Cruz [18] e estão disponíveis sob licença CC0 no GBIF [12].

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