Abstract:The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia pastazaensis n. sp. is described and illustrated from specimens collected from the edge of primary forest near Andoas, Department of Loreto, Peru (03º00'S, 76º05'W). This species appears to belong to the subgenus Trichophoromyia Barreto 1962, whose members are generally restricted to the Amazon Basin
“…The paramere of L. pabloi resembles that of L. napoensis Young and Rogers (1984), from nearby Limoncocha, Ecuador, but the setation is different and the later species has two groups of median simple setae on the coxite. Lutzomyia pastazaensis Fernandez, Carbajal, Alexander & Need (1993) has Ͼ20 setae of three sizes in the middle of the coxite and the paramere is different. Lutzomyia pabloi was the only species of the subgenus captured at the different places mentioned above and we believe that the sexes are properly associated.…”
A new Lutzomyia species in the subgenus Trichophoromyia, L. pabloi, is described and illustrated. A description of the previously unknown female of L. howardi Young is also presented. These specimens were captured in the Amazon region of Colombia.
“…The paramere of L. pabloi resembles that of L. napoensis Young and Rogers (1984), from nearby Limoncocha, Ecuador, but the setation is different and the later species has two groups of median simple setae on the coxite. Lutzomyia pastazaensis Fernandez, Carbajal, Alexander & Need (1993) has Ͼ20 setae of three sizes in the middle of the coxite and the paramere is different. Lutzomyia pabloi was the only species of the subgenus captured at the different places mentioned above and we believe that the sexes are properly associated.…”
A new Lutzomyia species in the subgenus Trichophoromyia, L. pabloi, is described and illustrated. A description of the previously unknown female of L. howardi Young is also presented. These specimens were captured in the Amazon region of Colombia.
A new species of sand fly, which we describe as Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) nautaensis n. sp., was collected in the northern Peruvian Amazon Basin. In this region of Peru, cutaneous leishmaniasis is transmitted primarily by anthropophilic sand flies; however, zoophilic sand flies of the subgenus Trichophoromyia may also be incriminated in disease transmission. Detection of Leishmania spp. in Lutzomyia auraensis Mangabeira captured in the southern Peruvian Amazon indicates the potential of this and other zoophilic sand flies for human disease transmission, particularly in areas undergoing urban development. Herein, we describe Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) nautaensis n. sp., and report new records of sand flies in Peru.
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