2017-08-112017-08-112017-03-31ROSÁRIO, Ingrid Nazaré Garcia. Aspectos ecoepidemiológico associados à fauna flebotomínica de um fragmento florestal urbano, no município de Belém, Pará, Brasil. 2017. 64 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belém, 2017. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/8992Sand flies are insects vectors of several disease-causing pathogens, responsible for the transmission to animals and humans of numerous diseases, the main being leishmaniasis. The present study evaluated the ecoepidemiological aspects of the phlebotominal fauna in a forest fragment in the urban area of Belém (PA). From December 2015 to November 2016, monthly collections of sand flies were carried out in the forest fragment and in the peridomicile of nearby residences, with the aid of a CDC type light trap. A total of 4070 phlebotomines were collected, with identification of two genera and 24 species. The predominant species was Lutzomyia (Trichopygomyia) longispina (32.16%), followed by Lutzomyia (Evandromyia) infraspinosa (21.72%). The wealth estimators indicated that the sampling effort was satifastory for the studied area. There was no significant relationship between accumulated precipitation, temperature and relative humidity when analyzed with sandfly abundance. When related to climatic variables with species richness, only the accumulated monthly rainfall presented a negative relation on the richness of captured species. In the analysis of the vertical distribution the number of sandfly specimens captured at ground level was significantly higher than in the canopy, where 21 species were found in the soil, four of them exclusive to this stratum and 20 species in the canopy, with three occurring exclusively in the canopy. Four species with epidemiological importance were found: Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) flaviscutellata, Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) ayrozai, Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) paraensis and Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) antunesi. The females evaluated by PCR were negative for Leishmania spp. And most of the engorged females analyzed were fed on mammals. The knowledge of the fauna in an area of preservation under intense anthropic influence, can help in the understanding of the relation between the species and the degree of preservation of an area, and also in the knowledge of species that may play an effective role in the transmission of pathogens to man and animals.Acesso AbertoEcossistema urbanoTaxonomia animalLeishmanioseFlebotomíneosFauna florestalFragmento florestal urbanoEstação Radiogoniométrica da Marinha - PABelém - PAPará - EstadoDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA