Lutzomyia hirsuta

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Lutzomyia hirsuta parameres (left) and pigmentation (right) (click on image to enlarge it)
Author: Filipe Dantas-Torres
Source: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2006), 101, p. 134

Lutzomyia hirsuta (Mangabeira, 1942)

This sand fly is widely distributed in South America. It is regarded as a vector of Leishmania parasites in the Amazonas region. L. hirsuta is characterised by the pale coxae and the shape of the male parameres (Carvalho et al., 2006).

Synonyms:
Psychodopygus hirsutus