Abstract
The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia pastazaensis n. sp. is described and illustrated from specimens collected from the edge of primary forest near Andoas, Department of Loreto, Peru (03º00'S, 76º05'W). This species appears to belong to the subgenus Trichophoromyia Barreto 1962, whose members are generally restricted to the Amazon Basin.
Lutzomyia pastazaensis n. sp.; sand fly; Trichophoromyia; description; Peru
Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) pastazaensis, a new species of phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from the Peruvian Amazon
R. Fernandez1
F. Carbajal1
B. Alexander2
J. T. Need1
U. S. Naval Medical Research Institute Detachment, Departamento de Entología, Lima, Peru
Fundación Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Sección de Entomología, Cali, Colombia
The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia pastazaensis n. sp. is described and illustrated from specimens collected from the edge of primary forest near Andoas, Department of Loreto, Peru (03º00'S, 76º05'W). This species appears to belong to the subgenus Trichophoromyia Barreto 1962, whose members are generally restricted to the Amazon Basin.
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Date of issue
Dec 1993
