Dampfomyia (Coromyia) beltrani

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

Dampfomyia (Coromyia) beltrani (Vargas & Díaz-Nájera, 1951)

Phlebotomus beltrani Vargas & Díaz-Nájera, 1951: 101 (♂). Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, San Andrés Tuxtla, Cueva del Diablo. Additional references: Fairchild & Hertig, 1958: 512 (♂, ♀).

Lutzomyia (Coromyia) beltrani (Vargas & Díaz-Nájera): Young & Duncan, 1994: 231 (taxonomic history, ♂ and ♀ figures, keys); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2001: 18 (revision ♂, ♀; distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2005a: 51, 54 (Mexican distribution, ♂ taxonomic key); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2005b: 208 (♀ taxonomic key); Montes de Oca-Aguilar et al., 2013a; 241, 2013b: 191 (Yucatán records and ecological data).

Dampfomyia (Coromyia) beltrani (Vargas & Díaz-Nájera): Galati, 2003: 39, 103 (listed, taxonomic keys); Ibáñez-Bernal et al., 2011: 34 (Veracruz records); Montes de Oca-Aguilar et al., 2014: 251 (immature stages descriptions).

Diagnosis. Male: gonocoxite and gonostylus slightly longer than lateral lobe; gonostylus with one basal thin spiniform seta that seems like a simple setae, median spiniform seta strong originated in the apical third and nearly as broad as apical spiniform seta; lateral lobe length more than 6.0 times its width. Female: cibarium with 4 horizontal teeth radially disposed, few vertical teeth and numerous lateral teeth; common spermathecal duct broad, no more than 2.0 times as long as wide, individual spermathecal ducts shorter than common duct or spermatheca; spermathecae barrel-shaped ( Young & Duncan 1994).

Material examined. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 25-x-2009, 1 ♂; 16-ii-2010, 1 ♂; 22-iv-2010, 1 ♂; 12-v-2010, 1 ♂; 15-vi-2010, 1 ♂. Loma Bonita, 28-iv-2011, 1 ♂. Specimens collected with CDC light traps.

Distribution. MEXICO (Chiapas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo, Yucatán) ( Ibáñez-Bernal, 2005a; Montes de Oca- Aguilar et al. 2013a, b), HONDURAS (Young & Duncan 1994, Galati 2003).

Remarks. Female characteristics are so similar and do not help to separate Da. beltrani from those of Da. disneyi and Da. steatopyga, species which are present in the study areas as confirmed with male specimens or by previous records. Females of this species are not anthropophilous, but may be feeding on the blood of bats or rodents.