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NEW RECORDS OF PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) FROM THE WESTERN BRAZILIAN AMAZON AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE OF PINTOMYIA FIOCRUZI
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Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Experimental. Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rondônia. Laboratório de Entomologia. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rondônia. Laboratório de Entomologia. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil/Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia da Amazônia Ocidental. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisas Leônidas e Maria Deane. Manaus, AM, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rondônia. Laboratório de Entomologia. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil/Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia da Amazônia Ocidental. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rondônia. Laboratório de Entomologia. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil/Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia da Amazônia Ocidental. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisas Leônidas e Maria Deane. Manaus, AM, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rondônia. Laboratório de Entomologia. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil/Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia da Amazônia Ocidental. Porto Velho, RO, Brazil
Abstract
An entomological survey was conducted in several localities of Rondonia State, and new records were obtained for seven sand fly species: Evandromyia apurinan Shimabukuro, Figueira & Silva, 2013, Evandromyia carmelinoi (Ryan, Fraiha, Lainson & Shaw, 1986), Micropygomyia echinatopharynx Andrade-Filho, Galati, Andrade & Falcao, 2004, Nyssomyia urbinattii Galati & Galvis, 2012, Pintomyia duckei Oliveira, Alencar & Freitas, 2018, Psathyromyia pradobarrientosi (Le Pont, Matias, Martinez & Dujardin, 2004), and Sciopemyia vattierae (Le Pont & Desjeux, 1992). Herein, we also describe the female of Pintomyia fiocruzi Pereira Junior, Pessoa, Marivalva & Medeiros, 2019. The female has spermathecae with a detached apical ring similar to the spermathecae of Pintomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck, 1949), Pintomyia odax (Fairchild & Hertig, 1961), Pintomyia ottolinai (Ortiz & Scorza, 1963), and Pintomyia robusta (Galati, Caceres & Le Pont, 1995). Here, we provide characters to separate Pi. fiocruzi from Pi. serrana and Pi. odax. Pintomyia ottolinai has a trans-Andean distribution and Pi. robusta has not been found in Brazil and in our studies, we associated the females found in this study with Pi. fiocruzi males found at the same collection sites. Our findings highlight the importance of entomological fauna surveys and demonstrate the need for taxonomists to study species diversity in Rondonia. This study increases the number of sand fly species recorded in Rondonia to 143.
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