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- Title
Description of a new species, Pintomyia dissimilis nov. sp., a phlebotomine fossil from Dominican Republic amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae).
- Authors
Andrade Filho, José Dilermando; Serra e Meira, Paula Cavalcante Lamy; de Castilho Sanguinette, Cristiani; Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha
- Abstract
Background: Phlebotomine sandflies are the vectors of etiological agents of leishmaniases in several areas of the world. In the Neotropical Region, the biodiversity of these insects is more than other regions, probably due the long evolutionary period of this group. Miocene amber from Dominican Republic, currently, has a record of 14 extinct species of Phlebotomine sandflies. Results: This paper describes a new fossil species of phlebotomine sandfly from amber found in Dominican Republic. This new species is based on morphological characters of a male such as 5° palpomere longer than 3° + 4°, three well-developed spines in the gonostyle, lateral lobe longer than gonocoxite and permit inclusion of the new species in the genus Pintomyia, series serrana. The paramere, with a curvature in the ventral margin, of the middle of the structure, separates the new species from the others fossils or extant species. Conclusion: The new species described in the present study named Pintomyia dissimilis nov. sp. is well differenciated from all known species in this genus.
- Publication
Parasites & Vectors, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1756-3305
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1756-3305-2-25