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
Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia)
França
, 1924
Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia)
França
, 1924
:
Galati, 1995
: 137
;
Galati, 2003
: 36
, 70 (listed, key).
Lutzomyia (Aguayoi)
Vargas, 1978
: 89
.
Type
species:
Lutzomyia dispar
Martins & Silva, 1963
).
Diagnosis.
Katepisternum without pilosity at anterior margin. Male: basal, mesal area of gonocoxite without sclerotization and with a tuft of no more than 6 setae; gonostylus with two apical spiniform setae, but if only one, a preapical setae may be present and the lateral basal spiniform setae situated basad in relation to the mesal basal one; paramere with one or two setae on base or at middle of the ventral margin (according to the actual position of sclerites), and with apex curved. Female cibarium with complete sclerotized arch and vertical teeth normal orientated or laterally directed; spermathecae annulated, common duct short and individual ducts as long as 4.0 the length of common duct.
Remarks.
There are approximately 15 species of this subgenus, nearly all distributed in South
America
.