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) cruciata ( Coquillett, 1907 ) Flebotomus cruciatus Coquillett, 1907 : 102 (♀). Type locality: Guatemala , Alta Vera Paz, Trece Aguas, Cacao. Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) cruciata (Coquillett) : Young & Duncan, 1994 : 67 (taxonomy, references between 1947 and 1994 , keys); Ibáñez-Bernal, 1999 : 78 (diagnosis, references, distribution); Rebollar-Téllez & Manrique-Saide, 2001 : 337 (Yucatán records); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2004 : 285 (Campeche records); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2005 : 197 (Campeche abundance data); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2006 : 23 (Yucatán records); Pech-May et al., 2010 : 150 (infection rates in Campeche); Sánchez-García et al ., 2010 : 406 (infection rates in Quintana Roo); González et al., 2011 : 839 (geographical distribution); Méndez-Pérez & Rebollar-Téllez, 2012 : 7 (morphological studies); Pérez et al ., 2014 : 82 (Chiapas records at coffee plantations); Pech-May et al ., 2013 : 254 (population genetics study). Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) cruciata (Coquillett) : Galati, 2003 : 36 , 93, 94 (list, keys); Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 33 (Veracruz records). Diagnosis. Pronotum and paratergite dark, similar to mesonotum strongly contrasting with the rest of pale pleura. Male: gonocoxite with basal tuft sessile, formed by 12 or more setae; paramere simple with apical half straight. Female: cibarium usually with 4 horizontal teeth; tergum 9 with stout multiple setae in the antero-lateral corner; spermatheca with terminal annulus larger than the preceding annuli; individual spermathecal ducts longer than spermatheca ( Young & Duncan 1994 , Galati 1995 , 2003 ). Material examined. MEXICO : CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 21-x-2009 , 1 ♀; 20-iv-2010 , 1 ♂ ; 14-v-2010 , 1 ♂ ; 14-i-2010 , 1 ♀; 17-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 18-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 17-iii-2010 , 1 ♀; 24-iv-2010 , 1 ♀; 19-iii-2010 , 2 ♀; 20-iv- 2010 , 1 ♀; 16-vi-2010 , 1 ♀; 08-vii-2010 , 1 ♀; 23-i-2011 , 1 ♀; 08-ii-2011 , 1 ♀; 09-ii-2011 , 1 ♀. Loma Bonita, 24- iv-2009 , 2 ♀; 22-x-2009 , 1 ♀; 15-i-2010 , 1 ♀; 16-i-2010 , 2 ♀; 17-i-2010 , 1 ♀; 19-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 19-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 19-ii-2010 , 2 ♀; 20-iii-2010 , 3 ♂ , 20 ♀; 21-iii-2010 , 5 ♀; 22-iii-2010 , 2 ♀; 23-iv-2010 , 1 ♀; 24-iv-2010 , 1 ♀; 14- v-2010 , 1 ♀; 16-v-2010 , 1 ♀; 19-vi-2010 , 2 ♀; 20-v-2010 , 1 ♀; 19-vi-2010 , 1 ♂ ; 15-viii-2010 , 2 ♀; 24-x-2010 , 1 ♂ ; 22-i-2011 , 2 ♀; 18-iii-2011 , 1 ♂ , 1 ♀; 20-vii-2011 , 1 ♀. San Antonio Buena Vista, 15-vii-2009 , 1 ♂ ; 17-x-2009 , 1 ♂ ; 11-xi-2009 , 1 ♂ ; 17-iv-2010 , 10 ♀; 18-v-2010 , 2 ♂ ; 19-v-2010 , 5 ♂ ; 20-v-2010 , 1 ♂ ; 11-vi-2010 , 1 ♂ ; 12-vi- 2010 , 1 ♂ ; 13-vii-2010 , 2 ♂ ; 14-vii-2010 , 1 ♂ ; 08-xii-2010 , 2 ♂ ; 20-v-2010 , 5 ♀; 13-vii-2010 , 1 ♀; 20-x-2010 , 1 ♀; 27-x-2010 , 1 ♀. Tziscao, 06-viii-2009 , 2 ♀; 13-x-2009 , 2 ♀; 14-x-2009 , 1 ♀; 15-iv-2010 , 1 ♀; 21-v-2010 , 3 ♀; 22-v-2010 , 4 ♀; 08-vi-2010 , 5 ♀; 09-vi-2010 , 1 ♀; 10-vi-2010 , 1 ♀; 27-x-2010 , 1 ♀; 11-xi-2010 , 2 ♀. Collected with CDC light traps. Additional material collected with Magoon traps: MEXICO : CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 13-viii-2009 , Magoon trap, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita, 16-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 18-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 19-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 20-ii-2010 , 1 ♀; 18-iii-2010 , 2 ♀; 20-iv-2010 , 1 ♀; 23-iv-2010 , 1 ♀; 15-v-2010 , 1 ♀; 12-ii-2011 , 2 ♀; 15-iii-2011 , 1 ♀; 16-iii-2011 , 3 ♀; 18-iii- 2011 , 2 ♀. San Antonio Buena Vista, 12-vi-2009 , 1 ♀; 27-iii-2010 , 1 ♀; 16-vii-2010 , 1 ♀. Tziscao, 13-x-2009 , 2 ♀. Distribution. USA , MEXICO (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán), BELIZE , GUATEMALA , HONDURAS , EL SALVADOR , NICARAGUA , COSTA RICA , PANAMA (Young & Duncan 1994 ; Ibáñez-Bernal 1999 ). Remarks. Lutzomyia cruciata has been reported biting a great number of vertebrate hosts including humans, and collected nearly in all parts of Mexico where human cutaneous leishmaniasis cases have been recorded ( González et al. 2011 ). Pech-May et al . (2010) and Sánchez-García et al . (2010) reported natural infection with Leishmania mexicana in the Mexican states of Campeche and Quintana Roo, respectively. There are also records of infection with Wolbachia ( Mikery-Pacheco et al . 2012 ) . With the exception of Psathyromyia shannoni (Dyar) , this species is the most widely distributed sand fly species in Mexico ( Pérez et al . 2014 ). Specimens of Lu. cruciata exhibit minor morphological differences throughout the species’ range ( Méndez-Pérez & Rebollar-Téllez 2012 ), and Pech-May et al . (2013) found high genetic variability with at least three linages. This morphospecies was the third most abundant in our collections.