Notes on the Phlebotomine Sand Flies from the Peruvian Southeast: I. Description of Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) adamsi n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae)

A new species of phlebotomine sand fly, Lutzomyia adamsi n. sp., is described and illustrated from specimens collected during August 1994, in Sandia, Department of Puno-Peru. According to the Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales(ONERN 1976), this locality is situated in the life zone known as humid, mountain, low tropical forest (bh-MBT). Many areas in the northern part of Puno, mainly in the Inambari and Tambopata basins, are endemic to leishmaniasis. These areas are the continuation of others, largely known as "leishmaniasic" in the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios. The morphological characteristics indicated that this species belongs to the genus Lutzomyia, subgenus Helcocyrtomyia Barretto, 1962

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Main Authors: Fernandez,R, Galati,EB, Carbajal,F, Wooster,MT, Watts,DM
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1998
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000100009
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