Numerical Taxonomy of Old World Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae): 1. Considerations of Morphological Characters in the Genus Phlebotomus Rondani & Berté 1840

Abstract

Numerical analyses (correspondence analysis, ascending hierarchical classification, cladistic approach)

Paraphyly of the Subgenus Sintonius (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sergentomyia): Status of the Malagasy Species. Creation of a New Subgenus and Description of a New Species

“…Within the Phlebotominae of the Old World, the genus Sergentomyia França & Parrot, 1920 appears to be a catch fall group, including all the Old World species excluded from all other genera ( Phlebotomus , Idiophlebotomus , Chinius , Spelaeophlebotomus , Grassomyia , Parviden s, Spelaeomyia and Demeillonius ) [24], [25], [32]. Species of the genus Sergentomyia share the following characters: a mesanepisternum without setae, abdominal tergites 2–6 carrying usually all or most recumbent hairs, an usual 1/III–XV antennal formula in the males and 2/III–XV in the females with some exceptions, a cibarium with an armature of teeth and/or denticled more developed in females than in males (beyond exceptions), a single paramere, a style with four terminal spines (or often 2 terminal and 2 subterminal) and an accessory spine.…”

Phlebotomus (Legeromyia) multihamatus subg. nov., sp. nov. from Gabon (Diptera: Psychodidae)

“…However, it was recently found that species from other genera could also play a role in leishmaniases transmission in Theodor, 1948, and (Kasaulius) Lewis, 1982. However, Rispail andLéger (1998a) thought the subgenus (Anaphlebotomus) is artificial, because it includes two lineages. New species from Madagascar belonging to this group were recently described (Depaquit et al 2002, Randrianambinintsoa et al 2013, suggesting this subgenus needs to be revised.…”

Lutzomyia derelicta (Diptera: Psychodidae) a singular new phlebotomine sand fly from an inselberg in northeastern amazonia

“…The renewed interest in the classification of Phlebotominae on morphological characters can contribute to this (Galati 1995, Rispail & Léger 1998a but analyses of molecular data will probably help to resolve both taxonomy and phylogeny less ambiguously than has been possible by morphology alone. We suggest that inclusion of L. derelicta in such analyses would be of particular interest.…”