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
Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) ovallesi
(Ortiz, 1952)
(series
evansi
)
Phlebotomus ovallesi
Ortiz, 1952: 155
(♂).
Type
locality:
Venezuela
, Lara, Duaca. Additional references: Lewis & Garnham, 1959: 87 (♀,
Belize
record).
Lutzomyia ovallesi
(Ortiz)
:
Barretto, 1962
: 98
(listed); Mogollon
et al
., 1977: 209 (
Venezuela
record);
Martins
et al
., 1978
: 128
(references, distribution);
Young, 1979
: 84
(
Colombia
record); Feliciangeli, 1980: 246 (in keys); Murillo & Zeledón, 1985: 75 (
Costa Rica
record); Feliciangeli, 1988: 108 (distribution in
Venezuela
); Rowton
et al
., 1991: 501 (
Belize
and
Mexico
records; natural infections with
Leishmania
in
Guatemala
); Feliciangeli
et al.,
1992: 735 (taxonomy revision);
Young & Duncan, 1994
: 186
(references, taxonomy, keys, distribution, figures);
Rebollar-Téllez
et al.,
2004
: 285
(Campeche records),
Rebollar-Téllez
et al.,
2005
: 197
(Campeche abundance data);
May-Uc
et al
., 2011
: 279
(Quintana Roo records),
Pérez
et al.,
2014
: 82
(Chiapas records at coffee plantations).
Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) ovallesi
(Ortiz)
:
Galati, 2003
: 38
(listed, keys).
Diagnosis.
Antennal flagellomeres with simple ascoids. Palpal segment 5, as long as or longer than the sum of segments 3+4. Male: Gonocoxite with basal tuft of long setae; gonostylus as long as 0.4 the gonocoxite length, with one apical, one preapical and two median (at same level) spiniform setae, additionally with preapical delicate seta; paramere simple, with short setae on distal one-third, and slightly broadened rounded apex; lateral lobe longer than 7.5 times its width. Female: Cibarium with four horizontal teeth, a row of about 8 vertical teeth and few lateral teeth in compact group; spermatheca striated with a median constriction (
Young & Duncan 1994
).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS:
Guadalupe
Miramar,
12-v-2010
,
1 ♂
;
13-v-2010
,
1 ♂
;
02-ii-2011
, 1 ♀;
20-iv-2010
, 1 ♀;
13-v-2010
, 1 ♀;
20-i-2011
, 1 ♀.
Loma Bonita,
06-ix-2009
,
2 ♂
;
22-x-2009
, 1 ♀;
15-i-2010
, 1 ♀;
16-i-2010
, 4 ♀;
17-i-2010
, 1 ♀;
16-ii-2010
, 2 ♀;
19-ii-2010
,
4 ♂
, 12 ♀;
20-ii-2010
,
2 ♂
, 4 ♀;
21-ii-2010
, 4 ♀;
18-iii-2010
, 1 ♀;
20-iii-2010
,
3 ♂
, 115 ♀;
21-iii- 10
, 2 ♀;
22-iii-2010
,
1 ♂
, 2 ♀;
24-iv-10
, 1 ♀;
12-v-2010
, 1 ♀;
14-v-2010
,
1 ♂
, 2 ♀;
15-v-2010
,
1 ♂
;
16-v-2010
,
2 ♂
, 3 ♀;
23-x-2010
,
1 ♂
;
19-xi-2010
,
4 ♂
;
21-xi-2010
,
1 ♂
;
21-i-2011
, 1 ♀;
22-i-2011
, 2 ♀;
18-iii-2011
,
1 ♂
, 1 ♀;
19-iii-2011
, 4 ♀;
20-iii-2011
, 1 ♀. San Antonio Buena Vista:
17-iv-2010
, 1 ♀;
18-v-2010
,
1 ♂
. Specimens collected with
CDC
light traps.
Additional material collected with Magoon Traps.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS: Loma Bonita,
10-xii-2009
, 1 ♀;
18-ii- 2010
, 14 ♀;
19-ii-2010
, 6 ♀;
20-ii-2010
, 1 ♀;
18-iii-2010
, 1 ♀;
20-iv-2010
, 2 ♀;
22-iv-2010
, 2 ♀;
17-xi-2010
, 1 ♀;
19-i-2011
, 3 ♀;
12-ii-2011
, 1 ♀;
18-iii-2011
, 1 ♀.
Distribution.
MEXICO
(Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo),
BELIZE
,
GUATEMALA
,
HONDURAS
,
COSTA RICA
,
NICARAGUA
,
PANAMA
,
COLOMBIA
,
TRINIDAD
,
VENEZUELA
(
Young & Duncan 1994
,
Galati 2003
).
Remarks.
This species was the second most abundant during collections and showed anthropophilous habits.