title: Taxonomic revision of phlebotomine sand fly species in the series davisi and panamensis of the subgenus Psychodopygus Mangabeira, 1941 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae).
abstract: Several species of the subgenus Psychodopygus Mangabeira, 1941 are known to be leishmaniosis vectors in Brazil. Some of them are morphologically similar, which makes their identification quite difficult concerning epidemiological studies. The aim of the current work is to study the morphology of adult specimens of the subgenus Psychodopygus, in accordance with the morphological similarity and still taking into account the epidemiological importance of some species. Thus 11 species have been studied, including four subspecies of adult specimens deposited in the phlebotomine collection of Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz. Morphological characters found in the literature and new features observed in this study were recorded in a taxonomic discussion format. These characters make it easy to separate such species. Four taxa, previously considered as subspecies, were raised to the category of species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Av. Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. gumayr@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Gustavo Mayr Lima
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Alda Lima
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Falcão
authors.forename: José Dilermando Andrade
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Filho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*