Canonical discriminant analysis accurately separated males of Lutzomyia yencanensis (n = 36) (Ortiz), Lutzomyia cayennensis cayennensis (n = 24) (Floch and Abonnenc) and Lutzomyia micropyga (n = 28) (Mangabeira). Only seven (length of head, interocular distance, wing vein δ, genital filaments, coxite, paramere, and lateral lobe) of 20 possible morphometric measurements were required for differentiation, with a highly significant canonical correlation. The discriminant equations provided a simple, fast, and widely available statistical tool to identify accurately unknown sand fly specimens as L. yencanensis, L. c. cayennensis, or L. micropyga.
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1 November 2003
Multivariate Morphometric Discrimination Among Three Species of Lutzomyia subgenus Micropygomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae)
D. Cazorla,
M. Acosta
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 40 • No. 6
November 2003
Vol. 40 • No. 6
November 2003
Lutzomyia
Micropygomyia
Morphometrics
multivariate analysis
sand flies