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) longipalpis ( Lutz & Neiva, 1912 ) Phlebotomus longipalpis Lutz & Neiva, 1912 : 89 (♂, ♀). Type locality: Brazil , locality not specified. Phlebotomus otamae Nuñez-Tovar, 1924: 44 (♂). Type locality: Venezuela , Carabobo, Isla de Otama. Phlebotomus almazani Galliard, 1934b : 193 (♀). Type locality: Mexico , Yucatán, Chichen Itzá. Flebotomus longipalpis : Barretto, 1947a: 208 (full references to that date). Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) : Theodor, 1965 : 181 (taxonomy); Forattini, 1973 : 213 (taxonomy); Martins et al ., 1978 : 22 (distribution, references); Young, 1979 : 56 (figures, references); Ward et al., 1988 : 257 (taxonomy, distribution, biology); Young & Duncan, 1994 : 56 (references, taxonomy, keys, distribution); Galati, 2003 : 36 (listed, keys); Rebollar- Téllez et al., 2004: 285 (Campeche record); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2006 : 23 (Yucatán record); May-Uc et al ., 2011 : 279 (Quintana Roo record). Diagnosis. Flagellomeres with simple ascoids not reaching the apical margin of the flagellomere. Male: Paramere with two specialized long setae on ventral (original, without considering terminalia inversion) margin, not arising from tubercle; gonostylus with preapical seta, and four spiniform setae: one on basal half, one at middle, one at apical one-third, and one apical; gonocoxite with basal tuft composed of four strong long setae; Female: flagellomere 1 about as long as palpal segments 1+2, and slightly shorter than labrum; cibarium with about 8 to 12 horizontal teeth, evenly spaced, and a row of small vertical teeth; spermatheca cylindrical, shorter than 4.0 times its width and with few annulations; individual spermathecal ducts slender, about 6.0X the length of spermatheca ( Young & Duncan 1994 , Ibáñez-Bernal 1999 , Galati 2003 ). Material examined. MEXICO : CHIAPAS: Loma Bonita, 14-viii-2009 , 1 ♀; 16-v-2010 , 1 ♀. Collected with CDC light traps. Distribution. This nominal species, has been recorded from Mexico to Argentina ( Martins et al . 1978 ; Young & Duncan 1994 ). Ibáñez-Bernal et al . (2011) included the current known distribution in Mexico . Remarks. Lutzomyia longipalpis has a wide distribution reaching the southern portion of Mexico , it has been reported as a species complex ( Ward et al. 1988 ). In Mexico , as in other Central and South American countries, Lu. longipalpis has been collected from areas in which visceral leishmaniasis cases have been reported. This species takes blood meals from a variety of vertebrates including humans.