Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2000) 95, 689-691

Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Raul Guerra de Queiroz and Richard Douglas Ward (2000)
Posterior spiracles of fourth instar larvae of four species of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) under scanning electron microscopy
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 95 (5), 689-691
Abstract: In the present study, posterior spiracles of laboratory-reared fourth instar larvae of Lutzomyia longipalpis, L. migonei, L. lenti, and L. whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the State of Ceará, Brazil, were examined under scanning electron microscopy. The number of papillae of spiracles examined varied according to the species examined, but no intraspecific differences were found. The importance of this structure to sand fly larva identification and phylogeny is commented.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Lutzomyia longipalpis
	Lutzomyia whitmani
	Lutzomyia migonei
	Lutzomyia lenti