Description of Trichophoromyia ruifreitasi, a new phlebotomine species (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Acre State, Brazilian Amazon.
Trichophoromyia ruifreitasi sp. n. is described as a new species of sand fly from the genus Trichophoromyia Barretto. This description is supported with illustrations and photographs that detail the morphological characteristics of male specimens collected in the municipality of Assis Brasil, Acre State, Brazilian Amazon. This species is similar to Trichophoromyia auraensis (Mangabeira), but the two species can be easily differentiated by the distribution of setae on their parameres, and by the presence of a dorsal lobe in the parameres of the new species.
Centro de Pesquisa Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Terezina, 476, Adrianópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil.
Arley Faria José
AF
de Oliveira
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rondônia - Fiocruz Rondônia, Rua da Beira, 7671, BR 364, Km 3,5, Bairro Lagoa, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Carolina Bioni Garcia
CB
Teles
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rondônia - Fiocruz Rondônia, Rua da Beira, 7671, BR 364, Km 3,5, Bairro Lagoa, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Jansen Fernandes
JF
Medeiros
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas 5, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Rua Francisco Prestes, 1234, Setor II, Monte Negro, Rondônia, Brasil ; Departamento de Medicina, Faculdade São Lucas, Rua Alexandre Guimarães, 1927, Areal, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Luís Marcelo Aranha
LM
Camargo
Centro de Pesquisa Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Terezina, 476, Adrianópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil.
Felipe Arley Costa
FA
Pessoa
Neotropical region; Phlebotominae; Psychodidae; Sand fly; leishmaniasis; taxonomy