12ª Contribuição ao estudo do Flebotomus (Diptera: Psychodidae) Flebotomus nordestinus n. sp

Filho, O. Mangabeira

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“…Presently, eight species comprise this group (Galati 2003): Martinsmyia alphabetica (Fonseca, 1936), Martinsmyia brisolai (Le Pont & Desjeux, 1987), Martinsmyia minasensis (Mangabeira, 1942), Martinsmyia mollinedoi (Le Pont & Desjeux, 1991, Martinsmyia oliveirai (Martins, Silva & Falcão, 1970), Martinsmyia pisuquia (Ogusuku, Guevara, Revilla, Inga & Pérez, 2001), Martinsmyia quadrispinosa (Floch & Chassignet, 1947) and Martinsmyia waltoni (Arias, Freitas & Barrett, 1984).…”

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Description of a new phlebotomine species, Martinsmyia reginae sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from a cave in the state of Tocantins Brazil

Carvalho

Brazil

Sanguinette

et al. 2010

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Phlebotomines are invertebrate hosts of Leishmania species, which cause leishmaniases and are responsible for the transmission of Leishmania to humans and other mammals. They are also the vectors of arboviruses and the causative agents of bartonellosis and their bites cause allergic reactions (Young & Duncan 1994). Caves are ecotopes that are significantly different from their external surrounding environments and sand flies are constantly found among the insects that live in caves or visit their surrounding areas (Andrade Filho et al. 2001, Galati et al. 2006. Several caves are opened to tourists before any scientific studies are conducted and as a result, valuable geological and biological information about the caves is lost.The present paper describes a new species of sand fly that was captured in 1965 in a cave located in the municipal district of Arraias in the southeastern region of the state of Tocantins (TO) at a distance of 413 km from Palmas, the capital of the state. The cave, which was previously known as Lapa das Cabeceiras and is now called Grutas da Lapa, consists of four large rooms that are about 40 m long and 20 m high. MATERIALS AND METHODSSand flies were mounted in Canada balsam, measured with a binocular Olympus CH-2 microscope that was fitted with a micrometer objective and drawn with the help of a camera lucida. The measurements are given in micrometers. The nomenclature and classification is identical to the nomenclature and classification that was previously proposed by Galati (2003) and the abbreviations are identical to the abbreviations of the names for the phlebotomine genera by Marcondes (2007). The description of the new species was based on six females and eight males, which were associated by their morphological characteristics and by their capture locations and times and includes all of the specimens from both sexes in the same genus and group. Martinsmyia reginae sp. nov. (Figs 1-9)Male: sand fly of medium size, measurement ca. 2.868 (2.680 ± 128.4; n = 7) in length, general colour light brown. Head (Fig. 1) : four hundred and fourteen (424 ± 9.0; n = 7) long and 294 (300 ± 15.7; n = 7) wide. Head length/head width ratio 1.41:1 (1.42 ± 0.08 n = 7). Clypeus 143 (148 ± 8.3; n = 7) long; clypeus length/head length ratio 0.35:1 (0.35: 1 ± 0.01; n = 7). Eye 143 (156 ± 13.2; n = 7) long and 91 (96 + 12.2; n = 7) wide; eye length/head length ratio 0.35:1 (0.37:1 ± 0.03; n = 7). Interocular distance 124 (123 ± 9.4; n = 7). Labrum-epipharynx (LE) 271 (294 ± 11.5; n = 7). LE/head length ratio 0.65:1 (0.69 ± 0.03; n = 7). Antenna with simple and short ascoid. Antennomere lengths: AIII 316 (329 ± 12.3; n = 7); AIV 147 (144 ± 5.9; n = 7); AV 147 (144 ± 5.9; n = 7); AXV < AXVI (AXV < AXVI; n = 4). AIII, AIV, AXIV, AXV, AXVI with papilla; ratios: AIII/head length 0.76:1 (0.78:1 ± 0.03; n = 7); AIII/LE 1.17:1 (1.12:1 ± 0.04; n = 7). Palpal formula 1.4.2.3.5 [1.4.2.3.5; n = 5 and 1.4.(2,3).5; n = 2]. Palpomere lengths: P1 36 (32 ± 3.4; n = 7); P2 151 (154 ± 10.7; n = 7); P3 157 (158 ± 8.0; n = ...

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Description of a new phlebotomine species, Martinsmyia reginae sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from a cave in the state of Tocantins Brazil

Carvalho

Brazil

Sanguinette

et al. 2010

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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A Review of Historical Phlebotominae Taxonomy (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Galati

Rodrigues

2023

Neotrop Entomol

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Bilateral Anomaly in a Male of Evandromyia lenti (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Pernambuco, Brazil

Miranda¹,

Alexandre²,

Silva³

et al. 2021

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

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More than 1,000 species of phlebotomine sand flies have been described in the literature, many of which are vectors of Leishmania spp. In addition to the morphological similarities between some species groups, the occurrence of anomalies within one species may lead to erroneous description of new taxa. This study describes a case of bilateral anomaly in the number of spines in the gonostyle in a male of Evandromyia lenti. In this anomalous male, a 5th spine is present between the upper external spine and the lower external spine. The occurrence of such an anomaly can potentially result in misidentifications in this important group of insects.

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12ª Contribuição ao estudo do Flebotomus (Diptera: Psychodidae) Flebotomus nordestinus n. sp

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Description of a new phlebotomine species, Martinsmyia reginae sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from a cave in the state of Tocantins Brazil

Description of a new phlebotomine species, Martinsmyia reginae sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from a cave in the state of Tocantins Brazil

A Review of Historical Phlebotominae Taxonomy (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Bilateral Anomaly in a Male of Evandromyia lenti (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Pernambuco, Brazil

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