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
Brumptomyia hamata
(Fairchild & Hertig, 1947)
Phlebotomus (Brumptomyia) hamatus
Fairchild & Hertig, 1947a
: 614
,
Figs. 1–2
(♂).
Type
locality:
Panama
, Chilibre, cuevas de murciélago de Chilibrillo.
Brumptomyia hamata
(Fairchild & Hertig)
:
Forattini, 1973
: 523
, 531, Fig. 157E (♂ diagnosis);
Martins
et al.,
1978
: 15
(geographic records);
Young, 1979
: 38
(taxonomic history, distribution),
Ibáñez-Bernal, 1999
: 68
,
Figs. 1‒5
(
Mexico
, ♂ redescription of Mexican specimens);
Cáceres & Galati, 2001
: 101
(
Peru
, list);
Galati, 2003
: 31
(listed).
Diagnosis.
Male: paramere simple; gonocoxite with basal tuft of long simple setae not arising from tubercle, and a longitudinal row of 6 long setae on internal surface (
Fairchild & Hertig 1947a
,
Ibáñez-Bernal 1999
).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS:
Guadalupe
Miramar,
12-v-2010
,
1 ♂
;
13-v-2010
,
1 ♂
. Loma Bonita,
20-x-2009
,
1 ♂
;
22-x-2009
,
1 ♂
;
22-iii-2010
,
2 ♂
;
16-vi-2010
,
2 ♂
;
12-ii-2011
,
1 ♂
. All collected with
CDC
light traps.
Distribution.
MEXICO
(Campeche, Veracruz) (
Ibáñez-Bernal 1999
),
BELIZE
,
PANAMA
,
ECUADOR
(
Martins
et al.
1978
),
COLOMBIA
(
Bejarano 2006
,
Pérez-Doria
et al.
2008
,
Young 1979
),
PERU
(
Cáceres & Galati 2001
). This is the first record for the state of Chiapas.
Remarks.
In the collection area,
Brumptomyia hamata
is less abundant than
Br. mesai
Sherlock.
Brumptomyia
species are not anthropophilous, being associated with armadillo burrows.