An updated checklist of the phlebotomine sand flies of Veracruz, Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)
Author
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Author
Suárez-Landa, Teresa
Author
Mendoza, Fredy
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Zootaxa
2011
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10.5281/zenodo.206572
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Bichromomyia olmeca olmeca
(
Vargas and Díaz-Nájera 1959
)
(=
Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) olmeca olmeca
(
Vargas and Díaz-Nájera 1959
)
sensu
Young and Duncan 1994
)
Phlebotomus olmecus
Vargas and Díaz-Nájera 1959
, 147 (male, the female correspond to
Bi
. ylephiletor
). Type-locality:
Mexico
, Tabasco, Teapa.
Phlebotomus apicalis
Lewis and Garnham 1959
, 89 (male, female) (not
Ph
. apicalis
Floch and Abonnenc
). Type-locality:
Belize
.
Phlebotomus flaviscutellatus
Mangabeira
:
Biagi
et al
. 1965
, 267 (vector of
Leishmania
in
Mexico
);
Biagi 1966
, 370 (key).
Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) olmeca olmeca
(Vargas and Díaz-Nájera):
Young and Duncan 1994
, 452 (complete references, taxonomy, distribution);
Ibáñez-Bernal 2002
, 172 (diagnosis, Mexican records).
Bichromomyia olmeca olmeca
(Vargas and Díaz-Nájera):
Galati 2003
, 44, 118, 119 (list, keys).
Bichromomyia olmeca olmeca
is a recognized vector of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in
Mexico
(
Biagi 1965
).
Ibáñez-Bernal (2002)
reported this species from Veracruz, specifically from Coyolar and Emiliano Zapata (Municipality of Ixhuatlán del Sureste), and from Zapotal (Municipality of Minatitlán). We did not find this species in the collections taken during this work.