Description of Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) nautaensis n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Peruvian Amazon Basin

Roberto Fernandez; Victor Lopez; Roldan Cardenas; Edwin Requena

doi:10.1093/jme/tjv057

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1 July 2015 Description of Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) nautaensis n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Peruvian Amazon Basin

Roberto Fernandez, Victor Lopez, Roldan Cardenas, Edwin Requena

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J. of Medical Entomology, 52(4):622-625 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv057

Abstract

A new species of sand fly, which we describe as Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) nautaensis n. sp., was collected in the northern Peruvian Amazon Basin. In this region of Peru, cutaneous leishmaniasis is transmitted primarily by anthropophilic sand flies; however, zoophilic sand flies of the subgenus Trichophoromyia may also be incriminated in disease transmission. Detection of Leishmania spp. in Lutzomyia auraensis Mangabeira captured in the southern Peruvian Amazon indicates the potential of this and other zoophilic sand flies for human disease transmission, particularly in areas undergoing urban development. Herein, we describe Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) nautaensis n. sp., and report new records of sand flies in Peru.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2015. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US.

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Roberto Fernandez, Victor Lopez, Roldan Cardenas, and Edwin Requena "Description of Lutzomyia (Trichophoromyia) nautaensis n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Peruvian Amazon Basin," Journal of Medical Entomology 52(4), 622-625, (1 July 2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv057

Received: 5 January 2015; Accepted: 17 April 2015; Published: 1 July 2015

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