title: Lutzomyia diamantinensis sp. nov., a new phlebotomine species (Diptera: Psychodidae) from a quartzite cave in Diamantina, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
abstract: A new species of Brazilian phlebotomine sandfly found in Brazil, municipality of Diamantina, state of Minas Gerais, is described based on males and females collected in a quartzite cave. The body of spermathecae is continuous to the individual duct, lanky and tapering at the end, with conical shaped, not striated and presenting the head with dense setae. The male presents gonostyle with four spines and a small subterminal seta and gonocoxite with one group of persistent setae. The paramere is simple with a group of small setae on the dorsal apex. The morphological features of this new species permit its inclusion in the migonei group.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, MG, Brasil. ricbarata@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ricardo Andrade
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Barata
authors.forename: Paula Cavalcante Lamy
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Serra e Meira
authors.forename: Gustavo Mayr de Lima
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D059552:Caves; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification