Kimsey R B
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis 95616.
Int J Parasitol. 1992 Aug;22(5):657-64. doi: 10.1016/0020-7519(92)90015-d.
In this paper the capacity of sand flies (Lutzomyia) as vectors of parasites that cause malaria in anoles (Anolis limifrons) in the Zona de Canal, Panama was investigated. Inhabiting all study plots, often in local abundance, L. trinidadensis emerged as the principal candidate sand fly vector; the results of surveys did not suggest a likely mosquito vector. Although L. trinidadensis and infected anoles co-inhabited all plots, their abundances seemed unrelated. No evidence that sand flies parasitized anoles was uncovered. As anole activity patterns in daylight reciprocate with those of sand flies and at night anoles seem to avoid locations that sand flies frequent, anoles may evade sand fly bites altogether. Further, these sand flies occurred in close numerical and ecological association with Thecadactylus rapicauda, a reclusive moist forest gecko, often parasitizing these hosts in large numbers. Thus, sand flies lack capacity as vectors of malaria-causing parasites in central Panamanian anoles.
本文研究了巴拿马运河区的白蛉（罗蛉属）作为导致绿安乐蜥（Anolis limifrons）感染疟疾的寄生虫传播媒介的能力。特立尼达拉罗蛉（L. trinidadensis）栖息在所有研究地块，且数量往往较多，成为主要的白蛉候选传播媒介；调查结果未表明存在可能的蚊子传播媒介。尽管特立尼达拉罗蛉和受感染的绿安乐蜥共同栖息在所有地块，但它们的数量似乎没有关联。未发现白蛉寄生绿安乐蜥的证据。由于绿安乐蜥在白天的活动模式与白蛉相反，且在夜间绿安乐蜥似乎会避开白蛉频繁出没的地点，绿安乐蜥可能完全避免被白蛉叮咬。此外，这些白蛉在数量和生态上与隐居的潮湿森林壁虎（Thecadactylus rapicauda）密切相关，经常大量寄生这些宿主。因此，白蛉缺乏作为巴拿马中部绿安乐蜥体内致疟寄生虫传播媒介的能力。
