Trichophoromyia iorlandobaratai (Diptera: Psychodidae), a new phlebotomine species from the Brazilian Amazonia

Abstract

Trichophoromyia iorlandobaratai sp. n. Vasconcelos dos Santos, Santos Neto, Sánchez Uzcátegui & Galardo is described and illustrated on the basis of male specimens collected in the municipality of Itaituba, Pará State, Brazilian Amazonia. This species can be differentiated from other morphologically similar species within Trichophoromyia by means of the male characters such as the ratio between the aedeagal ducts/sperm pump, shape and distribution of setae in the gonocoxite, and particularly the distinct shape of paramere.

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“…Among them, several genera are present in Latin America that have been identified to be naturally infected with Leishmania and others that have the potential to transmit the parasite such as Lutzomyia, Pintomyia, Warileya, Psychodopygus, Nissomyia, Thrychophoromya, Psathyromyia in contrast to Phlebotomus sp. which are insect vectors in South Asia, Europe and Northeast Africa (Zorrilla et al, 2017;Vasconcelos Dos Santos et al, 2019).…”

Increasing putative vector importance of Trichophoromyia phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae)

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