Abstract
The fauna composition and frequency of sandflies in six rural localities of Prudentopolis municipality, State of Parana, Brazil are reported here. The sandflies were captured between 6:00 pm and 1:00 am, with Falcao traps in several months of 2008 and 2009. A total of 1,429 sandflies were captured, representing seven species. Nyssomyia neivai (73.3%) predominated at all localities. The highest hourly averages of sandflies occurred in dwellings (10.71), chicken houses (10.25), riparian forests (6.46) and pigpens (5.80). The environmental characteristics of the localities where the sandflies were captured showed that conditions were appropriate for the transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. The knowledge of the fauna, the frequency of sandflies and the form of occupation of the environment, may help in the choice of the most appropriate methods to reduce the density of sandflies in peridomicile and domicile.
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