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
Brumptomyia mesai
Sherlock, 1962
Brumptomyia mesai
Sherlock, 1962
: 332
(♂).
Type
locality:
Colombia
, Santander,
San Vicente
de Chucuri. Additional references:
Williams, 1970b
: 331
;
Young, 1975
: 17
, 20 (keys, differences with
Br. galindoi
);
Ibáñez-Bernal, 1999
: 70
,
Figs. 6–20
(recovered from its synonymy with
Br. galindoi
);
Galati, 2003
: 31
(listed);
Bejarano
et al.,
2007
: 990
(record from
Colombia
); Ibáñez-Bernal
et al.,
2011: 31 (Veracruz record);
May-Uc
et al
., 2011
: 279
(Quintana Roo records).
Phlebotomus galindoi
Fairchild & Hertig, 1947a
:
Vargas & Díaz-Nájera, 1953b
: 311
;
Fairchild & Hertig, 1959
: 122
.
Phlebotomus (Brumptomyia) galindoi
Fairchild & Hertig
:
Díaz-Nájera, 1963
: 193
, (♂; ♀ description).
Brumptomyia galindoi
(Fairchild & Hertig)
:
Fraiha
et al.,
1970
: 468
(synonymy of
Br. mesai
with
Br. galindoi
);
Forattini, 1973
: 528
;
Martins
et al.,
1978
: 14
(at least the Mexican record);
Young, 1979
: 36
(revision);
Rebollar-Téllez
et al.,
2004
: 285
(Campeche records),
Rebollar-Téllez
et al.,
2006
: 22
(Yucatán records).
Diagnosis.
Male: paramere simple and thin; gonocoxite with basal tuft of foliaceous setae arising from a prominent tubercle, and a longitudinal row of 5 or 6 long setae on internal surface (
Fairchild & Hertig 1947a
,
Ibáñez-Bernal 1999
).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS:
Guadalupe
Miramar,
01-ix-2009
,
1 ♂
;
12-v-2010
,
12 ♂
;
13-v-2010
,
4 ♂
;
20-x-2010
,
1 ♂
;
10-ii-2011
,
1 ♂
;
15-iii-2011
,
1 ♂
. Loma Bonita,
02-ix-2009
,
1 ♂
;
20-x-2009
,
1♂
;
22-x-2009
,
1 ♂
;
08-xii-2009
,
1 ♂
;
9-xii-2009
,
1 ♂
;
16-v-2010
,
1 ♂
;
21-xi-2010
,
1 ♂
;
12-ii-2011
,
1 ♂
. All collected with
CDC
light traps.
Distribution.
MEXICO
(Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Veracruz),
BELIZE
,
HONDURAS
,
COSTA RICA
,
PANAMA
,
COLOMBIA
,
ECUADOR
,
PARAGUAY
(
Young 1979
;
Galati 2003
).
Remarks.
It remains necessary to reevaluate the geographic distribution of
Br. galindoi
and
Br. mesai
. This species, as with others in
Brumptomyia
, is not anthropophilous and is thought to be associated with armadillo burrows.