Catalogue of the type material of Phlebotominae (Diptera, Psychodidae) deposited in the Instituto Evandro Chagas, Brazil

Andrey José de Andrade,Thiago dos Santos,Maria Sueli Barros Pinheiro

doi:10.3897/zookeys.395.6417

Abstract

The available type material of Phlebotominae (Diptera, Psychodidae) deposited in the “Coleção de Flebotomíneos” of the Instituto Evandro Chagas (ColFleb IEC) is now presented in an annotated catalogue comprising a total of 121 type specimens belonging to 12 species as follow: Nyssomyia richardwardi (2 female paratypes), Nyssomyia shawi (9 male and 25 female paratypes), Nyssomyia umbratilis (female holotype and 1 female paratype), Nyssomyia yuilli yuilli (1 male and 1 female paratypes), Pintomyia gruta (1 male and 2 female paratypes), Psychodopygus lainsoni (2 male syntypes), Psychodopygus leonidasdeanei (male holotype, female “allotype” and 45 female paratypes), Psychodopygus llanosmartinsi (2 female paratypes), Psychodopygus wellcomei (1 male and 4 female “syntypes”), Trichophoromyia readyi (male holotype, female “allotype” and 1 male paratype), Trichophoromyia adelsonsouzai (male holotype, 13 male 5 female paratypes), and Trichophoromyia brachipyga (1 male paratype).

Highlights

In the Americas, more than 450 species of the subfamily Phlebotominae Rondani, 1840 (Diptera: Psychodidae) have been described (Galati 2003) and 267 of these have so far been recorded in Brazil (Andrade et al 2013)
There are 12 sand fly species included as type specimens deposited in the COLFleb IEC
The type material of Ev. carmelinoi, including male holotype and the female described as allotype (= paratype), is lost

Summary

Introduction

In the Americas, more than 450 species of the subfamily Phlebotominae Rondani, 1840 (Diptera: Psychodidae) have been described (Galati 2003) and 267 of these have so far been recorded in Brazil (Andrade et al 2013). In Brazil six and eleven species have been incriminated or suspected, respectively, in the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis (Ready 2013). On the other hand and in Brazil, the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis is the psychodid Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) while L. cruzi (Mangabeira, 1942) and L. almerioi Galati & Nunes, 1999 have been indicated as suspected vectors (Santos et al 1998, Savani et al 2009). Biological collections are an important source of information on the composition, distribution and biological degree of biodiversity (Suarez and Tsutsui 2004). The types (the specimens described in the first published account of a new taxonomic group) deposited in these collections are the most valuable material for this information and their maintenance depends on financial support and curatorial care (NPS 2005)

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