Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) veintemillasi, Martinez & Leon & Mihalca & Dujardin & Pont, 2022

Martinez, Eddy, Leon, Renato, Mihalca, Andrei Daniel, Dujardin, Jean-Pierre & Pont, François Le, 2022, Morphological description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) veintemillaSi n. sp., a new sand fly species from the sub-Andean region of Bolivia, Parasites & Vectors (327) 15 (1), pp. 1-10 : 3-7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s13071-022-05433-1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11085917

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0390878B-C830-4964-90F4-F8D3FB6B1C8B

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) veintemillasi
status

sp. nov.

Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) veintemillasi n. sp. Martinez, Leon, Mihalca, Dujardin & Le Pont ( Figs. 1 View Fig , 2 View Fig ).

Type locality Marimonos station, in the Marimonos mountain range, Bolivia . Municipality of Palos Blancos (15°35 ′ 02 ″ S – 67°15 ′ 07 ″ W), altitude 900 m, Sud Yungas province, Department of La Paz, Bolivia. GoogleMaps

Type-material The male holotype GoogleMaps and the female allotype GoogleMaps are deposited in the Bolivian Fauna Collection ( Colección Boliviana de Fauna , CBF), La Paz, Bolivia; 10 paratypes (five males and five females) are also deposited in CBF, La Paz, Bolivia ; UPAMETROP/IINSAD ( Unidad de Parasitología , Medicina Tropical y Medio Ambiente; Instituto de Investigación en Salud y Desarrollo), La Paz, Bolivia; MNHN ( Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle ), Paris, France.

ZooBank registration To comply with the regulations set out in Article 8.5 of the amended 2012 version of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN) [13], details of the new species have been submitted to ZooBank. The Life Science Identifier ( LSID) of the article is urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E2B4956C-F39D-4075-9CCD-455E8069FBB9 . The LSID for the new species Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) veintemillasi is urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:81EF210D-673B-435B-B92E-7F14AC1E1F88 .

Etymology The species name is dedicated to Dr. Felix Veintemillas for his great contribution to the research and control of infectious and parasitic diseases in Bolivia, the main Bolivian reference on leishmaniasis in the midtwentieth century.

Description

Male holotype ( Fig. 1 View Fig ). Sand fly of small size, generally gray in color, mesonotum and abdominal tergites light brown, measuring 2 mm from the tip of the labrum to the end of the gonocoxite.

Head ( Fig. 1a View Fig ). Length 0.298 (0.294 –0.324) including the clypeus; maximum width 0.286 (0.284 –0.321). Head length/head width ratio 1.04. Interocular distance 0.101 (0.85–0.101) equal to the diameter of 5.5 facets. Labrum-epipharynx ( LE) length 0.192 (0.181 –0.214) from the edge of the clypeus. Antennal flagellomeres: fI 0.171 (0.160 –0.201), fII + fIII = 0.077 + 0.087. Ratio fI/ LE = 0.89 (a = 0.91). Short ascoids, only visible on the first flagellomere. Third flagellomere without sensilla in rosette in the preapical region. Palpus: total length 0.591 (0.548 –0.673), respective lengths of the palpomeres: P1 0.030 (0.025 –0.039); P2 0.105 (0.102 –0.127); P3 0.114 (0.108 –0.125); P4 0.079 (0.077 –0.095); P5 0.263 (0.202 – 0.311); palpal formula: 1–4−(2–3)−5 or 1–4−(3–2)−5. Cibarium armed with a row of tiny, sharp, slightly sclerotized teeth of irregular size, and an anterior, discontinuous row of dot-shaped denticles. Sclerotized arch complete, well chitinized; pigmented patch, triangular, striated, extending anteriorly. Narrow pharynx, length 0.140, maximum width 0.037, with posterior denticulate scales ( Fig. 1c View Fig ).

Torax. Length 0.429. Unpigmented paratergite. Clear pleuras, except for the basal region of the katepisternum and katepimeron, slightly pigmented. Upper anepisternal bristles: 6 + 7 (from 5 to 10 per pleura) and proepimeral bristles: 2 + 4 (2–4 per pleura). Wings ( Fig. 1h View Fig ): length 1.385 (1.385 –1.560), maximum width 0.405 (0.376 –0.440). Length/width ratio 3.41. Wing indices: alpha 0.305 (0.289 –0.361), beta 0.153 (0.136 –0.174), gamma 0.202 (0.200 –0.244), delta 0.099 (0.079 –0.151); alpha / beta ratio 1.99 (a = 2.06). Leg lengths of the femur, tibia, and basitarsus, respectively: front legs 0.505– 0.530–0.325; middle legs 0.549–0.660–0.420 and hind legs 0.580–0.815–0.490.

Abdomen. Length 1.097 including the gonocoxite. Tergal papillae present from third to seventh tergite. Second sternite with 7–9 bristles on each apical region. Gonocoxite: length 0.172 (0.172 –0.193), maximum width 0.055, without perennial bristles. Gonostyle length 0.104 (0.100 –0.114) bearing four strong spines: an apical spine, an upper external spine inserted in the distal third, and the spines inferior and internal implanted in mid-segment; presence of a fine spiniform, subterminal bristle. Paramere ( Fig. 1f View Fig ): length 0.150 (0.145 –0.157), measured from the dorsal margin; rectangular base, then posteriorly finger-shaped, garnished with erect bristles, curved anteriorly. Aedeagus conical, well sclerotized, with the tip reaching the finger-shaped part of the paramere ( Fig. 1f View Fig ). Lateral lobe without perennial bristles, similar in size to that of the gonocoxite; length 0.177 (0.161 –0.188); submedian lamella, without particularities. Genital pump ( GP) length 0.111 (0.100 –0.119; a = 0.109); genital filaments (GF) with finely striated apical third, and smooth apex, length 0.434 (0.427 –0.490; a = 0.448), duct/pump ratio GF/ GP 3.90 (3.90–4.38; a = 4.12).

Female allotype ( Fig. 2 View Fig ). Sand fly identical in coloration to that of the male, measuring 2.45 mm from the tip of the labrum to the end of the cerci.

Head ( Fig. 2a View Fig ). Length including clypeus 0.363 (0.337 –0.363), maximum width 0.347 (0.325 –0.348). Head length/head width ratio 1.04. Interocular distance 0.129 (0.108 –0.129), equal to the diameter of six facets. Labrum-epipharynx length 0.296 (0.275 –0.296) from edge of clypeus; maxillary laciniae ( Fig. 2e View Fig ): six external teeth and 23 internal. Antennas: length of flagellomeres, fI 0.178 (0.166 –0.183), fII + fIII = 0.083 + 0.084; ratio fI / LE = 0.60 (a = 0.61). In fIII, absence of papilla in rosette in preapical region. Ascoids strong and short, well staggered, not reaching the apical third. Palpus: total length 0.771 (0.636 –0.771). The palp segments measuring respectively: P1 0.039 (0.033 –0.040); P2 0.149 (0.134 – 0.154); P3 0.146 (0.134 –0.146); P4 0.102 (0.083 –0.102); P5 0.335 (0.236 –0.335). Palpal formula: 1–4−(2–3)−5, segments 2 and 3 subequal; Newstead’s sensilla not visible. Cibarium with four equidistant acute horizontal teeth of equal size; a row of 9–12 vertical teeth, and several lateral, dot shaped, grouped teeth ( Fig. 2d View Fig ). Very distinct sclerotized area, thickened anteriorly, triangular, narrowed at the level of the chitinous arch; this last, rounded and continuous from one edge of the cibarium to the other, surpassing it laterally ( Fig. 2d View Fig ). Pharynx ( Fig. 2c View Fig ): with the most posterior scales, denticulate; length 0.165, maximum width 0.070.

Torax ( Fig. 3b View Fig ). Length 0.574. Pigmentation identical to that of the male. Upper anepisternal bristles: 7 + 11 (7–12 per pleura) and proepimeral bristles 5 + 6 (2–6 per pleura). Wings ( Fig. 2i View Fig ): length 1.760 (1.649 –1.795), maximum width 0.525 (0.485 –0.545); Length/width ratio 3.35. Wing indices: alpha 0.434 (0.410 –0.491), beta 0.195 (0.187 –0.224), gamma 0.310 (0.237 –0.320), and delta 0.186 (0.175 –0.227), alpha/beta ratio 2.22 (a = 2.16). Legs lengths of the femur, tibia, and basitarsus, respectively: front legs 0.660–0.630–0.375; middle legs 0.673– 0.775–0.450 and hind legs 0.725–0.990–0.545.

Abdomen. Length 1.225. Second sternite with 8–10 bristles on each apical half. Spermatheca, like a pearshaped sac, finely wrinkled transversely, head deeply invaginated in the spermatheca, with pluri-lobed apex ( Table 2 View Table 2 ), fan-shaped ( Fig. 2g View Fig ). Importantly, the head is slightly offset from the axis of the spermatheca, and therefore most often emerges laterally after mounting ( Fig. 2g View Fig ). Common duct and individual ducts not measurable, but a long common duct presence.

CBF

Coleccion Boliviana de Fauna

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

LE

Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia

GP

Instituto de Geociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Psychodidae

Genus

Pintomyia

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