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REVIEW OF AMERICAN FOSSIL PHLEBOTOMINAE (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) WITH A DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES
Pintomyia dominicana nov. sp.
amber
fossil
Phlebotominae
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Leishmanioses. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Departamento de Epidemiologia. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Bioquímica e Bilogia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Departamento de Epidemiologia. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Bioquímica e Bilogia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to carry out a taxonomic review of fossil American
phlebotomine sand ßies and describe two new species found in amber in the Dominican Republic. The
gonostyle of one of these, Micropygomyia dorafeliciangeliae nov. sp., ( Lutzomyia dorafeliciangeliae,
species group oswaldoi), has Þve spines, similar to that of Micropygomyia paterna (Quate, 1963) ( Lutzomyia
paterna, species group oswaldoi), but they may be distinguished by the alpha/gamma ratio, which
is 1.0 in the new species and 1 in the latter. Pintomyia dominicana nov. sp. ( Lutzomyia dominicana,
species group verrucarum) has four spines on the gonostyle and presents a long bristle on the apex of the
paramere, which distinguishes it from the other fossil species. With the description of these two new
species, a total of 14 species of the American fossil phlebotomine sand ßies has been described, 10 of which
belong to the genus Pintomyia. An identiÞcation key for male fossil species is presented.
Keywords
Micropygomyia dorafeliciangeliae nov. sp.Pintomyia dominicana nov. sp.
amber
fossil
Phlebotominae
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