Abstract
A new species of Brazilian phlebotomine sandfly found in Brazil, municipality of Diamantina, state of Minas Gerais, is described based on males and females collected in a quartzite cave. The body of spermathecae is continuous to the individual duct, lanky and tapering at the end, with conical shaped, not striated and presenting the head with dense setae. The male presents gonostyle with four spines and a small subterminal seta and gonocoxite with one group of persistent setae. The paramere is simple with a group of small setae on the dorsal apex. The morphological features of this new species permit its inclusion in the migonei group.
Highlights
Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are small insects belonging to the Phlebotominae subfamily, many of them known vectors of Leishmania to humans and other mammals (Lane 1993)
Sandflies are constantly found among the insects that live in or visit the caves or their adjacent environments and new species of this group have been described from these ecotypes (Alves et al 2008, Carvalho et al 2010, 2011)
This study sought to contribute to knowledge of Brazilian biodiversity, by describing a new species of phlebotomine sandfly captured in a cave known as Gruta do Salitre, located in the municipality of Diamantina, state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil
Summary
Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are small insects belonging to the Phlebotominae subfamily, many of them known vectors of Leishmania to humans and other mammals (Lane 1993). The new species is described based on 10 females and 10 males. AIII, AIV, AV, AXII, AXIII, AXIV, AXV, AXVI with papilla; ratios: AIII/head length 0.44: 1 (0.47: 1 ± 0.01; n = 9); AIII/LE 1.25: 1 (1.27: 1 ± 0.04; n = 9).
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