Colombia Medica ISSN: 0120-8322 ISSN: 1657-9534 Universidad del Valle Martínez, David Camilo; Ávila, Julián Leonardo; Molano, Fredy Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), present in an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in western Boyacá, Colombia Colombia Medica, vol. 50, no. 3, 2019, July-September, pp. 192-200 Universidad del Valle DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v50i3.3051 Available in: https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28362904006 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System Redalyc More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Journal's webpage in redalyc.org Portugal Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative ORIGINAL ARTICLE Sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) present in an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in West Boyacá, Colombia Flebótomos (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), presentes en una zona endémica de leishmaniasis cutánea en el occidente de Boyacá, Colombia David Camilo Martínez1,2 Julián Leonardo Ávila2,3 and Fredy Molano1 1 Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Laboratorio de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural “Luis Gonzalo Andrade”, Grupo de Investigación Sistemática Biológica-SisBio. Tunja, Colombia, 2 Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Estudiante de Maestría en Ciencia Biológicas. Tunja, Colombia., 3 Gobernación de Boyacá, S *
[email protected] Abstract Introducción: Sandfly are known for having vector species for the tropical disease known as leishmaniasis, endemic to West Boyacá; the municipality of Otanche displays one of the main focus for cutaneous leishmaniasis. OPEN ACCESS Objetivo: To identify the species of sandfly present in an endemic area of cutaneous Citation: Martínez DC, Ávila JL and Molano F.