title: Descriptions of the Immature Stages of Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) cruciata (Coquillett) (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae).
abstract: The present study presents morphological and chaetotaxic descriptions of the immature stages of Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) cruciata (Coquillett), a probable vector of leishmaniasis in Mexico. The egg exochorion is consistent with the species already known as Lu. (Tricholaterialis), but different from the Lu. cruciata egg of Chiapas, Mexico. The fourth instar larva of Lu. (Tricholateralis) cruciata possesses a novel antenna, combining morphological characteristics of categories 2 and 3 for neotropical sandflies. Differences between the chaetotaxy of first and fourth instar larvae of Lu. cruciata with those of Lu. (Lutzomyia) and Lu. (Tricholaterlis) are compared and discussed. This is the first time in which the chaetotaxy and morphology of pupa of a species belonging to Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) sensu Galati have been described, and we recorded for the first time the anterior prothorax setae, which was previously only considered for Old World species.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Montes de Oca-Aguilar
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Depto de Zoología de Invertebrados, Lab de Entomología Médica, Univ Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rebollar-Téllez
authors.affiliation: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Dept of Entomology, Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Piermarini
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México. sergio.ibanez@inecol.mx.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ibáñez-Bernal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008800:Mexico; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D011679:Pupa
keywords: Exochorion; chaetotaxy; larvae; pupae; sand fly