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 (Tricholateralis)
Galati, 1995
Lutzomyia
species group
cruciata
:
Theodor, 1965
: 181
;
Martins
et al.,
1978
: 120
.
Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia)
species group
cruciata
:
Artemiev, 1991
: 73
.
Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia)
:
Young & Duncan, 1994
: 45
(in part).
Tricholateralis
Galati, 1995
: 136 (as subgenus of
Lutzomyia
).
Type
species:
Lutzomyia cruciata
(
Coquillett, 1907
)
. Additional references:
Galati, 2003
: 36 (listed, keys).
Diagnosis.
Flagellomere 3 without sensorial papilla; abdominal pleura with small setae. Male: gonostylus with one apical spiniform setae and without preapical setae. Female: spermatheca annulated (
Galati 2003
).
Remarks.
This subgenus includes species which females usually feed on human blood as well as on other vertebrates, and some species have been incriminated or associated as possible vectors of
Leishmania
to humans (
Young & Duncan 1994
). According to
Galati (2003)
12 species are included in this subgenus, with three of them distributed in
Mexico
.