Dampfomyia (Coromyia) deleoni (Fairchild & Hertig, 1947)

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Muñoz, José, Rebollar-Téllez, Eduardo A., Pech-May, Agelica & Marina, Carlos F., 2015, Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name, Zootaxa 3994 (2), pp. 151-186 : 165-166

Dampfomyia (Coromyia) deleoni (Fairchild & Hertig, 1947)

Phlebotomus deleoni Fairchild & Hertig, 1947b: 622 (♂, ♀). Type locality: Guatemala, Petén. Lutzomyia (Coromyia) deleoni (Fairchild & Hertig) : Young & Duncan, 1994: 229 (references, keys, distribution); Williams, 1999: 470 (distribution pattern); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2001: 23 (diagnosis, references, distribution); Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2004: 285 (Campeche records), Rebollar-Téllez et al., 2006: 23 (Yucatán records); May-Uc et al., 2011: 279 (Quintana Roo records).

Dampfomyia (Coromyia) deleoni (Fairchild & Hertig) : Galati, 2003: 39, 103 (list, keys); Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 34 (Veracruz records).

Diagnosis. In addition to the characters mentioned for genus and subgenus, the male of Da. deleoni has the gonocoxite with a basal tuft of more than 10 simple curved setae; gonostylus with four spiniform setae disposed at different levels and with preapical seta; paramere slender and curved, with a dorsal (without considering terminalia inversion) triangular projection on the apical third, and lateral lobe as long as 5.0 times its width. Female: spermatheca with a large bladder-like lateral expansion ( Young & Duncan 1994).

Material examined. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 17-ii-2010, 1 ♂; 18-ii-2010, 2 ♂; 19-iii-2010, 1 ♂; 20-iv-2010, 1 ♂; 21-iv-2010, 1 ♂; 22-iv-2010, 1 ♂; 12-v-2010, 4 ♂; 19-x-2010, 1 ♂; 10-ii-2011, 1 ♂; 15-iii- 2011, 1 ♂. Loma Bonita, 02-ix-2009, 1 ♂; 21-ii-2010, 2 ♂; 22-ii-2010, 1 ♂; 16-v-2010, 4 ♂; 19-vi-2010, 2 ♂; 20- vi-2010, 1 ♂; 21-xi-2010, 1 ♂; 03-xii-2010, 1 ♂; 12-ii-2011, 1 ♂. San Antonio, 17-iv-2010, 1 ♂. Specimens collected with CDC light traps.

Distribution. MEXICO (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Veracruz) ( Ibáñez-Bernal 2005a; Montes de Oca-Aguilar et al. 2013a), GUATEMALA, BELIZE, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, COSTA RICA ( Young & Duncan 1994).

Remarks. Female Da. deleoni cannot be separate from females of Da. vescifera and Da. zeledoni, both species recorded in Central America, but not known in Mexico. Records of series deleoni species must be confirmed correlating the males because the three species usually are sympatric. Females of this species are not anthropophilous, and may be feed on the blood of bats or rodents.