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
Bichromomyia
Artemiev, 1991
Lutzomyia
species complex
flaviscutellata
: Lewis, 1975: 363.
Nyssomyia (Bichromomyia)
Artemiev, 1991: 73
.
Type
species:
Flebotomus flaviscutellatus
Mangabeira, 1942
, by original designation.
Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia)
Barretto
: Young & Duncan, 1994: 445 (in part).
Bichromomyia
Artemiev
: Galati, 1995: 137 (as genus); Galati, 2003: 44.
Diagnosis.
Flagellomeres with short simple ascoids; thorax bicolored, usually anterior part of mesonotum strongly pigmented contrasting with pale posterior portions; anterior portion of katepisternum with setae. Male: clypeus short no more than the length of eyes; abdominal terga usually with papillae; gonostylus with 4 spiniform setae, all implanted in the apical half. Female: palpus segment 5 shorter than or as long as palpus segment 3; lacinia with one row of external teeth; clypeus at least as long as eye length; spermathecae annulated (Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).
Remarks.
This genus includes four species. With the exception of
Bi. inornata
(Martins, Falcão & Silva), all of them have been reported as infected with
Leishmania
spp.
Bichromomyia olmeca
is represented by three subspecies, one distributed in
Mexico
.