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
Trichopygomyia triramula
(Fairchild & Hertig, 1952)
Phlebotomus triramulus
Fairchild & Hertig, 1952: 517
, 525 (♂, ♀).
Type
locality:
Panama
, Colon, Medio.
Lutzomyia (Trichopygomyia) triramula
(Fairchild & Hertig)
:
Young & Duncan, 1994
: 420 (taxonomy, complete references, distribution).
Trichopygomyia triramula
(Fairchild & Hertig)
:
Galati, 2003
: 40
, 106 (list, male key); Ibáñez-Bernal
et al
., 2011: 37 (Veracruz records).
Diagnosis.
Male: Antenna with flagellar ascoids reaching the apex of the flagellomere; Paramere trifurcate, with median lobe nearly as long as principal arm, ventral arm arched posteriorly directed, with straight setae at apex. Female: Antenna with flagellar ascoids surpassing the apex of the flagellomere; cibarium with 4 radially directed horizontal teeth, one row of few vertical teeth and a compact group of small lateral teeth, pigmented area compact and complete arch; spermatheca nearly globular with long capitulus and lightly striated surface, individual spermathecal ducts longer than common duct, cerci with narrow apex (
Young & Duncan 1994
,
Galati 2003
).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS: Loma Bonita,
16-i-2010
, 1 ♀;
16-ii-2010
, 1 ♀;
19-ii-2010
, 2 ♀;
20- ii-2010
,
1 ♂
;
21-ii-2010
, 1 ♀;
24-iv-2010
, 1 ♀;
16-v-2010
, 1 ♀. Collected wiyh
CDC
light traps.
Distribution
.
ECUADOR
,
COLOMBIA
,
PANAMA
,
COSTA RICA
,
GUATEMALA
,
BELIZE
(Ibáñez-Bernal
2001
,
Galati
2003
) and
MEXICO
(Ibáñez-Bernal
et al
.
2011
). In
Mexico
, this species was previously known only from the state of Veracruz. In this work we also recorded the species in Chiapas.
Remarks.
Comparatively,
Trichopygomyia triramula
is not an abundant species in Chiapas. All specimens were collected with CDC light traps. Female feeding habits are unknown but they are not anthropophilous.