@article{fdi:010080453,
  title = {{S}and flies ({D}iptera : {P}sychodidae) in eight {B}alkan countries : historical review and region-wide entomological survey},
  author = {{D}vorak, {V}. and {K}asap, {O}. {E}. and {I}vovic, {V}. and {M}ikov, {O}. and {S}tefanovska, {J}. and {M}artinkovic, {F}. and {O}meragic, {J}. and {P}ajovic, {I}. and {B}aymak, {D}. and {O}guz, {G}. and {H}lavackova, {K}. and {G}resova, {M}. and {G}unay, {F}. and {V}aselek, {S}. and {A}yhan, {N}azli and {L}estinova, {T}. and {C}vetkovikj, {A}. and {S}oldo, {D}. {K}. and {K}aterinova, {I}. and {T}chakarova, {S}. and {Y}ilmaz, {A}. and {K}araoglu, {B}. and {I}ranzo, {J}. {R}. and {K}adriaj, {P}. and {V}elo, {E}. and {O}zbel, {Y}. and {P}etric, {D}. and {V}olf, {P}. and {A}lten, {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground{S}and flies ({D}iptera: {P}sychodidae) are medically important vectors of human and veterinary disease-causing agents. {A}mong these, the genus {L}eishmania ({K}inetoplastida: {T}rypanosomatidae), and phleboviruses are of utmost importance. {D}espite such significance, updated information about sand fly fauna is missing for {B}alkan countries where both sand flies and autochtonous leishmaniases are historically present and recently re-emerging. {T}herefore, a review of historical data on sand fly species composition and distribution in the region was followed by a large-scale entomological survey in eight {B}alkan countries to provide a recent update on local sand fly fauna.{M}ethods{T}he literature search involved the period 1910-2019. {T}he entomological survey was conducted at 1189 sampling stations in eight countries ({B}ulgaria, {B}osnia and {H}erzegovina, {C}roatia, {K}osovo, {M}ontenegro, {N}orth {M}acedonia, {S}erbia and {S}lovenia), covering 49 settlements and 358 sampling sites between {J}une and {O}ctober in the years 2014 and 2016, accumulating 130 sampling days. {W}e performed a total of 1189 trapping nights at these stations using two types of traps (light and {CO}2 attraction traps) in each location. {S}ampling was performed with a minimal duration of 6 ({M}ontenegro) and a maximal of 47 days ({S}erbia) between 0-1000 m.a.s.l. {C}ollected sand flies were morphologically identified.{R}esults{I}n total, 8490 sand fly specimens were collected. {M}orphological identification showed presence of 14 species belonging to genera {P}hlebotomus and {S}ergentomyia. {H}istorical data were critically reviewed and updated with our recent findings. {S}ix species were identified in {B}osnia and {H}erzegovina (2 new records), 5 in {M}ontenegro (2 new records), 5 in {C}roatia (2 new records), 9 in {B}ulgaria (5 new records), 11 in {N}orth {M}acedonia (1 new record), 10 in {S}erbia (no new records), 9 in {K}osovo (3 new records) and 4 in {S}lovenia (no new records).{C}onclusions{T}his study presents results of the first integrated sand fly fauna survey of such scale for the {B}alkan region, providing first data on sand fly populations for four countries in the study area and presenting new species records for six countries and updated species lists for all surveyed countries. {O}ur findings demonstrate presence of proven and suspected vectors of several {L}eishmania species.},
  keywords = {{P}hlebotomine ; {S}and fly ; {B}alkans ; {S}pecies ; {M}orphology ; {BALKANS}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasites and {V}ectors},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {573 [15 p.]},
  ISSN = {1756-3305},
  year = {2020},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080453},
}