title: Description of Lutzomyia bianchigalatiae n. sp. A sand fly within the subgenus Pintomyia Costa Lima 1932 (Diptera; Psychodidae).
abstract: A new sand fly species is described based on males collected in Bananal, municipality of Mariana and the female from Sabará city, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Taxonomic remarks, geographic distribution and the description of new species are presented. The name Lutzomyia (Pintomyia) bianchigalatiae is in honour of Dr Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, friend and researcher at the Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30190-002, Brasil. jandrade@netra.cpqrr.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Andrade Filho
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Falcão
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*