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
Psychodopygus bispinosus
(Fairchild & Hertig 1951)
, series
bispinosus
(
Figures 12–16
)
Phlebotomus bispinosus
Fairchild & Hertig, 1951a: 410
(♂, ♀).
Type
locality:
Panama
, Cerro Jefe, La Victoria. Additional references: Lewis & Gamham, 1959: 80 (
Belize
records).
Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) bispinosa
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Barretto, 1962: 94 (list); Arias & Freitas, 1977b: 511 (
Brazil
records); Léger
et al
., 1977: 223 (
French Guiana
record); Martins
et al
., 1978: 46 (references, distribution); Young, 1979: 173 (figures, references); Le Pont & Pajot, 1980: 64 (
cf
. to
claustrei
); Morales & Minter, 1981: 97 (
Colombia
); Williams, 1983: 489 (taxonomy); Young & Rogers, 1984: 599 (
Ecuador
record); Porter
et al
., 1987: 929 (
Guatemala
record); Herrero & Jiménez, 1992: 151 (
Costa Rica
records).
Psychodopygus bispinosus
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Forattini, 1973: 170 (figures, taxonomy); Lainson
et al
., 1976a: 57 (
Brazil
records); Le Pont, 1990: 673 (
French Guiana
); Galati, 2003: 45 (as
bispinosus
series).
Diagnosis.
Anapimeron without setae. Male: gonostylus with only two spiniform setae at apex, nearly as long as gonocoxite; paramere simple, straight. Female: cibarium with 4 horizontal teeth, two longitudinal rows of large vertical teeth at center and some smaller vertical teeth at sides, arch complete; spermathecal common duct striated but without rugosities near the junction with individual ducts; individual spermathecal ducts shortest than spermathecae (Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS:
Guadalupe
Miramar:
12-viii-2009
,
1 ♂
;
11-viii-2010
,
1 ♂
;
17-xi- 2010
,
4 ♂
;
18-xi-2010
,
1 ♂
;
03-xii-2010
, 1 ♀;
19-i-2011
, 1 ♀;
20-i-2011
, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita:
20-ii-2010
, 2 ♀;
19- xi-2010
,
1 ♂
. Collected with
CDC
light traps.
Additional material collected with Magoon traps.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS:
Guadalupe
Miramar,
08-xii-2009
, 1 ♀;
17-xi-2010
, 3 ♀.
Distribution
.
BELIZE
,
GUATEMALA
,
HONDURAS
,
NICARAGUA
,
COSTA RICA
,
PANAMA
,
COLOMBIA
,
SURINAME
,
FRENCH
GUYANA
,
ECUADOR
,
BRAZIL
(Young & Duncan
1994
),
and now in
MEXICO
(Chiapas)
.
Remarks.
This is the first record of
Psychodopygus bispinosus
in
Mexico
. The male is very easy to distinguish based on the gonostyli; however, to recognize the female it is necessary to measure the relative length of spermathecal ducts. Female feeding habits are unknown but apparently they are not anthropophilous.