Description of Trichophoromyia ruifreitasi, a new phlebotomine species (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Acre State, Brazilian Amazon

By

Oliveira, Arley
Teles, Carolina
Medeiros, Jansen
Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha
Pessoa, Felipe

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

526

Pages

65-73

Subjects

leishmaniasis , Neotropical region , Phlebotominae , Psychodidae , Sand fly , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6128

 

Abstract

Trichophoromyia ruifreitasi sp. n. is described as a new species of sand fly from the genus Trichophoromyia Barretto. This description is supported with illustrations and photographs that detail the morphological characteristics of male specimens collected in the municipality of Assis Brasil, Acre State, Brazilian Amazon. This species is similar to T. auraensis (Mangabeira), but the two species can be easily differentiated by the distribution of setae on their parameres, and by the presence of a dorsal lobe in the parameres of the new species.