Identification of mammalian blood meals from Sergentomyia (Parrotomyia) barraudi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand

J Phasuk, T Inpankaew, S Choocherd, Y Samung

Abstract

Blood meal analysis of phlebotomine sand flies was conducted in Sergentomyia (Parrotomyia) barraudi collected from a limestone cave in Songkhla
Province, southern Thailand. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) incandescent light and black light traps were used to collect such sand flies in November 2016.
The sources of the mammalian blood host were identified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of the cytochrome b (cyt b) gene. Blood meal
analysis revealed that S. barraudi feeds on elephants and humans.