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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW PHLEBOTOMINE SPECIES OF THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO FROM SANDSTONE CAVES IN TOCANTINS STATE, BRAZIL: LUTZOMYIA (LUTZOMYIA) ELIZABETHRANGELAE SP. NOV. (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE)
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Abstract
The sand fly Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) elizabethrangelae sp. nov. is described and illustrated
based on the morphological characters of male and female specimens captured in sandstone caves in the
municipality of Palmeiro´ polis, in the southern region of Tocantins state. The samples were collected as
part of an entomological vector-monitoring project during the construction of the Peixe Angical Hydroelectric
Plant. Based on the morphological characters of the new species, we believe this species can be
included in the subgenus Lutzomyia. This species is closely related to two others, Lutzomyia forattinii
Galati et al. 1985 and Lutzomyia almerioi Galati and Nunes 1999. The new species can be distinguished
from Lutzomyia forattinii and Lutzomyia almerioi by the morphological characteristics of the male genitalia
and the female cibarium.
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