After examing the holotype and paratypes of Lutzomyia mamedei kept at the sandfly collection at Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-FIOCRUZ we observed small posterior projections of the ascoids and very small spines in the hind femurs. Although L. mamedei had been allocated in the subgenus Pressatia, both characters are typical of the subgenus Pintomyia Costa Lima 1932 thus we reallocate L. mamedei in this subgenus.
Insecta; Pintomyia, Pressatia; sand fly