Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2006) 101, 129-136

Gustavo Mayr de Lima Carvalho, Alda Lima Falcão and José Dilermando Andrade Filho (2006)
Taxonomic revision of phlebotomine sand fly species in the series davisi and panamensis of the subgenus Psychodopygus Mangabeira, 1941 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 101 (2), 129-136
Abstract: Several species of the subgenus Psychodopygus Mangabeira, 1941 are known to be leishmaniosis vectors in Brazil. Some of them are morphologically similar, which makes their identification quite difficult concerning epidemiological studies. The aim of the current work is to study the morphology of adult specimens of the subgenus Psychodopygus, in accordance with the morphological similarity and still taking into account the epidemiological importance of some species. Thus 11 species have been studied, including four subspecies of adult specimens deposited in the phlebotomine collection of Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz. Morphological characters found in the literature and new features observed in this study were recorded in a taxonomic discussion format. These characters make it easy to separate such species. Four taxa, previously considered as subspecies, were raised to the category of species.
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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 carrerai
	Lutzomyia yucumensis
	Lutzomyia amazonensis
	Lutzomyia panamensis
	Lutzomyia ayrozai
	Lutzomyia davisi