A report on occurrence of Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and two new country records from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a Union territory of India
Author
Jambulingam, P.
0000-0002-0962-6953
ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry 605 006, India & pcsaja @ gmail. com, pjambulingam 56 @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0962 - 6953
pjambulingam56@gmail.com
Author
Srinivasan, R.
0000-0002-6769-2609
ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry 605 006, India & r. s _ vasan @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6769 - 2609
r.s_vasan@yahoo.com
Author
Gopalakrishnan, S.
0000-0002-2935-3497
ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry 605 006, India & s. gopal 82 vcrc @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2935 - 3497
s.gopal82vcrc@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-01-26
5093
2
241
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journal article
2407
10.11646/zootaxa.5093.2.7
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1175-5326
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Sergentomyia
(
Neophlebotomus
)
gemmea
Lewis & Jeffery
Se.
(
Neo.
)
gemmea
is a new country record for
India
.
Holotype
female was recorded from the Gunong Besout Forest Reserve, West
Malaysia
(
Knudsen
et al
. 1979
).
Paratypes
were collected from swampy forest canopy,
8.5 m
above ground. This species was also reported from
Thailand
(
Apiwathnasorn
et al
. 1989
;
Polseela
et al.
2011
;
Sukra
et al
. 2012
). During the survey,
52 specimens
(
19 males
and
33 females
) of
Se.
(
Neo.
)
gemmea
were collected. Species identification was confirmed based on the anatomical features of cibarium and spermathecae of females and cibarium and genitalia of male specimens. Distribution of
Se.
(
Neo.
)
gemmea
with date of collection in Andaman Islands is as follows: Chowldary (11°37” N and 92°39” E) in human dwelling (
2 male
and
4 female
),
V-24-2018
; Nimbutala (12°30” N and 92°51” E, in tree hole (
2 female
),
V-28-2018
; Dhasarathpur (12°29” N and 92°54” E) in human dwelling (
9 male
and
11 female
) and outdoor bushes (
3 female
),
V-30-2018
; Ramnagar (13°4”
N 93°1
” E) in human dwelling (
2 male
,
3 female
),
V-31-2018
; Radha krishnan nagar (13°14” N and 92°59” E) in human dwelling (
4 male
and female 7),
V-31-2018
; Dobidare (12°54” N and 92°53” E) in human dwelling (
2 male
and
3 female
),
VI-02-2018
. The collection localities were adjacent to swampy areas.