[Phlebotomines of Nicaragua. II. Description of Lutzomyia legerae n. sp. (Diptera:Psychodidae)].
Both sexes of Lutzomyia legerae n. sp., a new species of phlebotomine sand fly belonging to the subgenus Lutzomyia, cruciata complex, are described from specimens collected in peridomestic environment, by light-trap, in central Nicaragua. Females of the new species are very close to L. cruciata. Therefore, in the leishmaniasis foci where the two species occur sympatrically implication of each species as a vector has to be carefully investigated.
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009527:Nicaragua; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
Phlébotomes du Nicaragua. II. Description de Lutzomyia legerae n. sp. (Diptera:Psychodidae).