Abstract
Female Lutzomyia pastorae n. sp. is described. Captured in the town of La Matíca, Andrés Eloy Blanco municipally, Lara State, Venezuela. The species can be identified by the characteristic shape of the spermatheca. It belongs to Verrucarum Group, Theodor (1965).
Keywords
Lutzomyia. leishmaniasis. Venezuela.
References
1. Traviezo L. Flebotomofauna al sureste del estado Lara, Venezuela. Biomédica 2006; 26 (Supl.1):73-81.
2. De Lima H, Rodríguez N, Borges R, Convit J. Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi in Rattus spp from La Matica, Lara State, Venezuela and the possible relationship with zoonotic. 2003. Diseases. Bol Mal y Salud Amb 43(2) 37-44.
3. Feliciangeli MD, Murillo J. Lutzomyia youngi (Diptera: Psychodidae), a new phlebotomine sand fly previously misidentified as L. townsendi in endemic foci of Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela and Costa Rica. J Med Entomol. 1987; 24: 141-6.
4. Bejarano E, Rojas W, Uribe S, Vélez I. Sistemática de especies de Lutzomyia del grupo verrucarum Theodor, 1965 (Diptera: Psychodidae). Biomédica. 2003; 23: 87-102.
5. Young D, Duncan M. Guide to the identification and geographic distribution of Lutzomyia sand flies in Mexico the West Indies, Central and South America (Diptera: Psychodidae). Mem Am Entomol Inst. 1994; 54: 1-881.
6. Feliciangeli MD, Arredondo C, Ward R. Phlebotomine sand flies in Venezuela review of the Verrucarum species group (in part) of Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) with description of a new species from Lara. J Med Entomol 1992; 29: 729-44.
2. De Lima H, Rodríguez N, Borges R, Convit J. Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi in Rattus spp from La Matica, Lara State, Venezuela and the possible relationship with zoonotic. 2003. Diseases. Bol Mal y Salud Amb 43(2) 37-44.
3. Feliciangeli MD, Murillo J. Lutzomyia youngi (Diptera: Psychodidae), a new phlebotomine sand fly previously misidentified as L. townsendi in endemic foci of Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela and Costa Rica. J Med Entomol. 1987; 24: 141-6.
4. Bejarano E, Rojas W, Uribe S, Vélez I. Sistemática de especies de Lutzomyia del grupo verrucarum Theodor, 1965 (Diptera: Psychodidae). Biomédica. 2003; 23: 87-102.
5. Young D, Duncan M. Guide to the identification and geographic distribution of Lutzomyia sand flies in Mexico the West Indies, Central and South America (Diptera: Psychodidae). Mem Am Entomol Inst. 1994; 54: 1-881.
6. Feliciangeli MD, Arredondo C, Ward R. Phlebotomine sand flies in Venezuela review of the Verrucarum species group (in part) of Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) with description of a new species from Lara. J Med Entomol 1992; 29: 729-44.
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