A new fossil species of Phlebotominae sand fly from Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio; Kraemer, M.; Stebner, Frauke; Wagner, Rüdiger

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“…The present study, assessing the phlebotomine sandfly assemblage using 12 different traps, provided a species richness of 13 phlebotomine sandfly species, representing 26% of all Phlebotominae species reported so far in Mexico (Vargas & Díaz‐Nájera, ; Ibáñez‐Bernal, , ; Ibáñez‐Bernal et al ., ; , , ; Godínez‐Álvarez & Ibáñez‐Bernal, ; Ibáñez‐Bernal et al ., ), 50% in Yucatan Peninsula (Rebollar‐Téllez et al ., , , ; Ibáñez‐Bernal et al ., ; May‐Uc et al ., ) and 54% of species of Quintana Roo (Ibáñez‐Bernal et al ., ; May‐Uc et al ., ). Although 12 of the species collected were previously known in Mexico, Lutzomyia manciola (2♀) represents a new record for the country but was described by Ibáñez‐Bernal () in Belize.…”

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“…Nonetheless, field studies describing the diversity of the phlebotomine sandfly assemblage are currently scant in the country. To date, Mexico species richness is represented by 48 extant species and 2 extinct species, although the number species may be underrepresented as many areas of the country remained unexplored (Vargas & Díaz‐Nájera, ; Ibáñez‐Bernal, , ; Ibáñez‐Bernal et al ., , , , , , ; Rebollar‐Téllez et al ., ; Godínez‐Álvarez & Ibáñez‐Bernal, ; May‐Uc et al ., ). Sandfly species in Mexico have been collected mainly with three types of traps: Shannon traps (Shannon, ; Pérez et al ., ), CDC light traps (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) (Sudia & Chamberlain, ) and Disney traps (Disney, ), and to a lesser extent Malaise traps (Malaise, ) and Magoon traps (Magoon, ).…”

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Effect of trapping methods on the estimation of alpha diversity of a phlebotomine sandfly assemblage in southern Mexico

Rodríguez‐Rojas

Rebollar-Téllez

2017

Medical Vet Entomology

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The aims of the study were to (a) investigate the effect of trapping methods on alpha diversity; and (b) enhance the knowledge of the sandfly assemblage in the state of Quintana Roo. Field work was undertaken in a tropical forest of southern Mexico from August 2013 to July 2014. Sampling was conducted monthly during three consecutive nights. For each trapping night, 12 different types of trap were operated from 18.00 to 24.00 hours in four transects. Measures of alpha community diversity were based on the quantification of the number of species (Chao 2, Jackknife 2, Clench's equation, Margalef's index) and the community structure, as well as the dominance (Simpson and Berger-Parker indexes) and evenness (Shannon's entropy index, true diversity of the Jost and Pielou index). With a total sampling effort of 1728 night-traps, 16 101 phlebotomine sandflies were collected; they represented two genera and 13 species. Diversity estimates of 100% (Chao 2 and Clench's equation) and 85% (Jackknife 2) of potential species in the study area were calculated. Shannon traps and CDC light traps indicated the largest number of species, but only Shannon traps showed the greatest abundance. This inventory of sandflies is an important activity to enhance our knowledge of sandfly assemblages and guilds. The ultimate goal of studying alpha diversity in sandflies would be to have a better understanding of the population dynamics and all complex networks of interactions that may, in turn, be associated with the epidemiology of the disease.

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Effect of trapping methods on the estimation of alpha diversity of a phlebotomine sandfly assemblage in southern Mexico

Rodríguez‐Rojas

Rebollar-Téllez

2017

Medical Vet Entomology

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“…sergenti was adapted to the hot, dry summer Mediterranean climate during the last million years. In any case, all the 16 Neogene age fossil taxa of the New World Phlebotominae (Lutzomyia, Micropygomyia, Pintomyia and Psathyromyia) species were found in those regions (Dominica and Mexico;Poinar 2008;Ibañez-Bernal et al 2014), where the climate was tropical-subtropical during the Neogene era. Because these genera are close relatives of the Old World Phlebotomine sandflies, it could be hypothesised that Phlebotomine sandflies originally were adapted strictly to the tropical-subtropical environments which were also proposed by Ready (2000) and this trait of the species has not changed significantly during the Neogene era.…”

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Palaeoclimatic models - predicted changes in the potential Neogene distribution patterns of Phlebotomus similis and Phlebotomus sergenti (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae)

Tràjer¹

2021

Palaeobio Palaeoenv

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Former studies proposed that the speciation of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus happened in the Neogene Epoch in the circum-Mediterranean region due to the geographical segregation effect of the former Paratethys Sea. It was aimed to study whether the modelled Neogene ranges of Phlebotomus sergenti and Phlebotomus similis support or contradict this barrier role of the Paratethys in the speciation of Paraphlebotomus sandfly. For this purpose, the potential Neogene geographical ranges of Phlebotomus sergenti and Phlebotomus similis were modelled based on the present climatic requirements of the taxa. The Miocene models do not support the circum-Paratethyan migration of the ancestor of Phlebotomus similis. In general, Phlebotomus similis shows a low affinity to the North Paratethyan shorelines during the entire Miocene epoch. The only exceptions are the Tortonian and early Messinian periods when the climatic conditions could be suitable for Phlebotomus similis in the North Paratethyan shorelines. It was found that neither the modelled late Miocene, Pliocene nor the mid-Pleistocene period distributions of Phlebotomus sergenti and Phlebotomus similis shows notable differences in the suitability values in the Balkans and the Middle East. It is most plausible that the divergence of the Phlebotomus similis and its relatives was related to the tectonic subsidence of the Hellene Orogenic Belt and Phlebotomus similis specialised in the Balkan Peninsula and the present-day North Pontic area during the middle-late Miocene epoch. The Messinian desiccations of the Mediterranean Basin and the Zanclean re-flood caused the migration, but not the speciation of Phlebotomus similis and its sister taxa.

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“…A major breakthrough in terms of vector incrimination was achieved in 1965 when Dr. Francisco Biagi Filizola and his team, were able to demonstrate the vector competence of the sandfly Phlebotomus flaviscutellata Mangabeira (currently classified as Bichromomyia olmeca olmeca (Vargas & Díaz‐Nájera) and thereby incriminating this species as the proven vector of the causal agent of the “Úlcera de los Chicleros” in the Yucatan Peninsula (Biagi et al ., 1965). Since then, the study of sandflies in this country has increased considerably and currently they are represented by 49 extant species, and two extinct species (Ibáñez‐Bernal et al ., 2004; Ibáñez‐Bernal, 2005a, 2005b, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017). Field studies conducted in endemic areas in southeastern Mexico have revealed that other sandfly species have been incriminated in the transmission of Leishmania mexicana (Biagi et al ., 1965; Rebollar‐Téllez et al ., 1996a, 1996b; Sanchez‐García et al ., 2010, Pech‐May et al ., 2010, 2016).…”

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First record of larval microhabitats of sandflies in Mexico with the description of the fourth instar larva of Brumptomyia hamata

Oca-Aguilar

Ibáñez-Bernal

Rebollar-Téllez

2020

Medical Vet Entomology

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Despite the medical importance of sandflies as vectors (Diptera: Phlebotominae) of Leishmania spp., immature stages of phlebotomine sandflies have never been found in the wild in Mexico. In the present investigation, we sought to identify specific microhabitats associated with the presence of sandfly immature stages. Field work was conducted in 11 localities of the Yucatan Peninsula and we collected soil samples from each site during two periods (November 2007 to April 2008, November 2008). Soil samples were transported to our base camp and were processed using the Berlese's funnels. We processed a total 242 soil samples with an average weight of 362 ± (SD) 317 gr. From these samples, we were able to recover 51 phlebotomine larvae in five different microhabitats and largest number was obtained from mammal burrows (88%) and from tree‐buttresses of Brosimium alicastrum (Berg) (6%). We identified larval microhabitat for Brumptomyia hamata (Fairchild & Hertig) and those specimens provided the material to describe for the first time the fourth instar larva. We also include information of a larval microhabitat of Lutzomyia cruciata (Coquillett). In addition, we recorded a total of 4872 arthropods from 15 taxa in all those soil samples in which sandfly larvae were found, being Collembola (76%) and Acari (10%) the most abundant.

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A new fossil species of Phlebotominae sand fly from Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

Effect of trapping methods on the estimation of alpha diversity of a phlebotomine sandfly assemblage in southern Mexico

Effect of trapping methods on the estimation of alpha diversity of a phlebotomine sandfly assemblage in southern Mexico

Palaeoclimatic models - predicted changes in the potential Neogene distribution patterns of Phlebotomus similis and Phlebotomus sergenti (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae)

First record of larval microhabitats of sandflies in Mexico with the description of the fourth instar larva of Brumptomyia hamata

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