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 (Psathyromyia) dasymera
(Fairchild & Hertig 1961)
(series
shannoni
)
Phlebotomus dasymerus
Fairchild & Hertig, 1961b: 242
(♂, ♀).
Type
locality:
Panama
, Canal Zone, Ft. Sherman Reservation, Camp Pina.
Lutzomyia dasymera
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Barretto, 1962: 99; Theodor, 1965: 194 (listed as species group
Castanheirai
); Martins
et al.,
1978: 154 (as species group
Dreisbachi
, references, distribution); Young, 1979: 111 (references); Feliciangeli, 1980: 246 (
Venezuela
records); Biancardi
et al.,
1982: 168 (
Brazil
records); Christensen
et al
., 1983: 466 (
Panama
records); Murillo & Zeledón, 1985: 87 (
Costa Rica
records); Feliciangeli, 1988: 107 (
Venezuela
records); Alexander
et al.,
1992a: 36 (
Ecuador
records); Alexander
et al
., 1992b: 124 (
Ecuador
records).
Lutzomyia (Trichopygomyia) dasymera
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Forattini, 1971: 102; Forattini, 1973: 305.
Lutzomyia (Psathyromyia) dasymera
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Young & Duncan, 1994: 342 (references, taxonomy, distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2002: 151.
Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) dasymera
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Galati, 2003: 43, 114, 115 (list, keys).
Diagnosis.
Male: gonocoxite without tuft of perennial setae; gonostylus with 4 spiniform setae, two basal at same level just before middle, one preapical in the apical fourth and one apical, without preapical fine seta; paramere with a basal ventral hump and very close to it posteriorly a ventral short protuberance with about 10 specialized setae and apex curved as a hook. Female: cibarium with about 10 horizontal teeth and about 10 longitudinal rows of vertical teeth, pigmented area large and cibarial arch complete; spermatheca cylindrical with broad capitulum which is as wide as the spermatheca; spermatecal individual ducts long about 3.5X the length of spermatheca, individual spermathecal duct very short as long as one-half the length of spermatheca (Fairchild & Hertig 1961; Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS: Loma Bonita,
20-iii-2010
,
1 ♂
. Collected with
CDC
light trap.
Distribution.
MEXICO
(Chiapas);
BELIZE
;
NICARAGUA
;
COSTA RICA
(Murillo & Zeledón 1985);
PANAMA
;
COLOMBIA
;
VENEZUELA
(Martins
et al.
1978; Young 1979; Feliciangeli 1988);
BRAZIL
(Biancardi
et al.
1982);
ECUADOR
(Alexander
et al.
1992a, Alexander
et al.
1992b) (Young & Duncan 1994).
Remarks.
Female of
Pa. dasymera
cannot be separated from that of
Pa. campbelli
(Damasceno, Causey & Arouck)
, but the male can be distinguished by the simple apex of the ejaculatory filaments, as
Pa. campbelli
has the apex modified with short setae; the female is as well similar, but
Pa. campbelli
has the individual spermathecal ducts with the half near the spermatheca more sclerotized and striated.
Psathyromyia dasymera
is rare in
Mexico
, as only the specimens saw by Fairchild & Hertig (1961) were known. Female feeding habits are not known but they are not anthropophilous.