Review of American fossil Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) with a description of two new species.
The objective of this study was to carry out a taxonomic review of fossil American phlebotomine sand flies and describe two new species found in amber in the Dominican Republic. The gonostyle of one of these, Micropygomyia dorafeliciangeliae nov. sp., (= Lutzomyia dorafeliciangeliae, species group oswaldoi), has five spines, similar to that of Micropygomyia paterna (Quate, 1963) (= Lutzomyia paterna, species group oswaldoi), but they may be distinguished by the alpha/gamma ratio, which is < 1.0 in the new species and > 1 in the latter. Pintomyia dominicana nov. sp. (= Lutzomyia dominicana, species group verrucarum) has four spines on the gonostyle and presents a long bristle on the apex of the paramere, which distinguishes it from the other fossil species. With the description of these two new species, a total of 14 species of the American fossil phlebotomine sand flies has been described, 10 of which belong to the genus Pintomyia. An identification key for male fossil species is presented.
Andrade Filho
José Dilermando
JD
Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Instituto René Rachou-Fiocruz, Av. Augusto de Lima 1715, CEP 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. jandrade@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
Galati
Eunice A Bianchi
EA
Brazil
Reginaldo Peçanha
RP
D000818:Animals; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*