“…Equally interesting from the data compiled in this table is that it is only within Brazil where broadly separated Lu. longipalpis populations have been considered either a single species (Mukhopadhyay et al 1997, 1998a,b, Mutebi et al 1999, Azevedo et al 2000, Arrivillaga et al 2003, de Queiroz Balbino et al 2006 or a species complex (Ward et al 1983, 1988, Yin et al 1999, Souza et al 2002, Bauzer et al 2002a,b, Maingon et al 2003, Bottecchia et al 2004, Hamilton et al 2004, Watts et al 2005) depending on the markers used. Therefore the controversy concerning the existence of a complex is centred on data from Brazilian populations.…”