A preliminary survey of phlebotomine sandflies in limestone caves of Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces, south-west China, and description and discussion of a primitive new genus Chinius.
Some limestone caves in Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces were surveyed with light-sticky traps for phlebotomine sandflies in 1982, and specimens were mounted in Berlese's medium. Ten species belonging to three genera were found. Among them was a remarkable primitive fly, considered to be a new taxon, for which a new genus Chinius is proposed in honour of the late Professor Yao Tin Chin, a pioneer of modern medical entomology in China.
Leng
Y J
YJ
Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D013045:Species Specificity