| behaviour of lutzomyia longipalpis in an area of southern honduras endemic for visceral/atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis. | the predominant sandfly in las maria de pavana, choluteca, honduras, was found to be lutzomyia longipalpis, most (69%) of the 791 specimens of this species caught being male. when local lu. longipalpis were studied over 1 year (1986-1987) using cdc traps, peaks in the size of the adult population were observed in december and july, each after a period of rain. most [51% (24/47)-67% (97/144)] of the flies caught inside houses were female whereas most [55% (6/11)-56% (37/66)] of those caught outsi ... | 1998 | 10396347 |