New records of phlebotomine sand flies from Peru with a description of Lutzomyia oligodonta, new species from the Rimac valley (Diptera: Psychodidae)
International Journal of Entomology
1985
Journal Article
27
1-2
136-146
Reserva Nacional Tambopata Microorganisms Eubacteria Bacteria Animals Invertebrates Protozoans Arthropods Insects flies Diptera human health diseases American cutaneous leishmaniasis new species taxonomy systematics Lutzomyia Madre de Dios Bibliography
Phlebotomine sand flies are implicated as vectors of bartonellosis and leishmaniasis. Brumptomyia galinoi and 14 spp. of Lutzomyia spp. not clearly named sand flies from Tambopata Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru, are reported in Peru for the first time. Twenty-three other Lutzomyia species were taken at the same site. A new species L. oligodonta, is described based on males and females found in a small cave located in a leishmaniasis and bartonellosis endemic site in the Rimac Velley. This new species has an unusual combination of morphological characters and cannot be placed in any existing subgenus or species group of Lutzomyia.