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Assessment of the Taxonomic Status of Some Species Included in the Shannoni Complex, With the Description of a New Species of Psathyromyia (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

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Author(s):
Sabio, P. B. [1] ; Andrade, A. J. [1] ; Galati, E. A. B. [1]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Epidemiol, Fac Saude Publ, BR-01246904 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Medical Entomology; v. 51, n. 2, p. 331-341, MAR 2014.
Web of Science Citations: 19
Abstract

The Shannoni complex, comprising sand flies belonging to the subgenus Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) Barretto, consists of several species, of which the females have banana-shaped spermathecae and the males have digitiform parameres on the terminalia. Among these species, Psathyromyia shannoni (Dyar) and two taxa considered as its junior synonyms (Phlebotomus limai Fonseca and Phlebotomus bigeniculatus Floch \& Abonnenc), Psathyromyia pestanai (Barretto \& bigeniculata (Floch and Abonnenc) stat. rev.; comb. n. and Psathyromyia limai (Fonseca) stat. rev.; comb. n. are resurrected from the synonymy of Pa. shannoni. Pa. pestanai is proposed as a new junior synonym of Pa. limai. Psathyromyia ribeirensis sp. n., occurring in the middle and upper Ribeira Valley in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil is described. Pa. limai, described from the Serra da Cantareira (Sao Paulo municipality) and also found in the lower Ribeira Valley and on the adjacent coastal plain, is morphologically very close to the new species. (AU)