Abstract
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.
Highlights
Phlebotomine sand flies are small, dipteran, hematophagous insects
The present paper describes this new species based on male specimens
Trichophoromyia ruifreitasi sp. n. and two other species of its genus share the same type locality. These species have distinct parameres: T. auraensis has a paramere (Figs 2f and 3b) that is completely covered with long setae, lacks a dorsal lobe, and is digitiform in the apical half
Summary
Phlebotomine sand flies are small, dipteran, hematophagous insects. They are vectors of etiological agents such as Leishmania Ross, a protozoan that causes leishmaniases (Young and Duncan 1994). A list of collected species was previously presented in Teles et al (2013). These authors reported that T. auraensis (Mangabeira) is a known vector in that area (Valdivia et al 2012; Araújo-Pereira et al 2014). After reexamining the sand flies collected and identified as T. auraensis, it was discovered that the specimens belonged to a similar, but distinct species. The present paper describes this new species based on male specimens
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