Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name
Author
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Author
Muñoz, José
Author
Rebollar-Téllez, Eduardo A.
Author
Pech-May, Agelica
Author
Marina, Carlos F.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3994
2
151
186
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.1
008a674e-04dd-444c-919c-a32be0ba5460
1175-5326
239180
32027FAA-4AB3-4394-841D-33571F25529E
Psathyromyia (Forattiniella)
Vargas, 1978
Lutzomyia
species group
Aragoi
Theodor, 1965: 185
; Lewis
et al.,
1977: 325; Young & Duncan, 1994: 375.
Lutzomyia
species group
Brasiliensis
Martins
et al
., 1978: 140 (in part).
Lutzomyia (Forattiniella)
Vargas, 1978: 89
(in part).
Type
species:
Flebotomus lutzianus
Costa Lima, 1932, by original designation.
Psathyromyia (Oophoromyia)
Artemiev, 1991: 73
.
Type
species:
Flebotomus aragoi
Costa Lima, 1932, by original desigation.
Psathyromyia (Forattiniella)
Vargas: Galati, 1995: 137 (
Oophoromyia
as synonym); Galati, 2003: 42 (list of species).
Diagnosis.
Flagellomere 1 and/or 2, and/or 3 lacking simple setae; ascoids with short but distinct proximal spurs; palpal segment 5 as long as 3+4. Male: usually with Newstead´s sensilla on palpal segment 2; phallic guide as long as or longer than 2.0 times its basal width; gonocoxite with diffuse short persistent setae or without them; gonostylus with four spiniform setae and no preapical fine seta; paramere usually with dorsal hump; lateral lobes extending to or beyond the level of gonocoxite apex. Female: cibarium with 4 to 12 or more horizontal teeth, vertical teeth in rows; pharynx unarmed; palpal segment 2 with Newstead sensillae; spermathecae nearly spherical or oval without incipient annulations or cylindrical with annulations; individual spermathecal ducts longer than common duct (Galati 2003; Young & Duncan 1994).
Remarks.
This subgenus comprises 14 species widely distributed in the Neotropics with one species reaching into the
United States
. Two species are known in
Mexico
both recorded in this work.