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4 December 2020 Redescription of Two Psathyromyia Species (Diptera: Psychodidae), Including Description of the Female of Psathyromyia pradobarrientosi Using Molecular and Morphological Approaches
Glaucilene da Silva Costa, Douglas de Almeida Rocha, Antonio Marques Pereira Júnior, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Rodrigo Gurgel Gonçalves, Andrey José de Andrade
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Abstract

The taxonomic identity of two species of sand flies, Psathyromyia pradobarrientosi (Le Pont, Matias, Martinez & Dujardin, 2004) and Psathyromyia runoides (Fairchild & Hertig, 1953) (Diptera, Psychodidae), was evaluated morphologically and molecularly based upon specimens collected in Brazilian states. The morphological component compared collected specimens with paratypes of Pa. runoides and Pa. pradobarrientosi and their descriptions. Phylogenetic analysis of coI sequences of Pa. pradobarrientosi showed a well-supported group distinct from Pa. runoides. Morphologically, Psathyromyia runoides and Pa. pradobarrientosi males are distinguished by characteristics of the aedeagal ducts and parameral sheath in the genitalia; females are distinguished by the number and shape of the teeth in the cibarium and by the shape of the spermathecae. Given the morphological similarity between the males and the absence of the description of the female of Pa. pradobarrientosi, it is possible that specimens previously identified as Pa. runoides in Brazil are in fact Pa. pradobarrientosi.

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Glaucilene da Silva Costa, Douglas de Almeida Rocha, Antonio Marques Pereira Júnior, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Rodrigo Gurgel Gonçalves, and Andrey José de Andrade "Redescription of Two Psathyromyia Species (Diptera: Psychodidae), Including Description of the Female of Psathyromyia pradobarrientosi Using Molecular and Morphological Approaches," Journal of Medical Entomology 58(3), 1115-1125, (4 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa264
Received: 20 August 2020; Accepted: 24 October 2020; Published: 4 December 2020
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Brazil
COI
Phlebotominae
sand flies
taxonomy
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