Psychodopygus bispinosus (Fairchild & Hertig 1951)

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 : 178

Psychodopygus bispinosus (Fairchild & Hertig 1951) , series bispinosus

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Phlebotomus bispinosus Fairchild & Hertig, 1951a: 410 (♂, ♀). Type locality: Panama, Cerro Jefe, La Victoria. Additional references: Lewis & Gamham, 1959: 80 ( Belize records).

Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) bispinosa (Fairchild & Hertig) : Barretto, 1962: 94 (list); Arias & Freitas, 1977b: 511 ( Brazil records); Léger et al., 1977: 223 ( French Guiana record); Martins et al., 1978: 46 (references, distribution); Young, 1979: 173 (figures, references); Le Pont & Pajot, 1980: 64 (cf. to claustrei); Morales & Minter, 1981: 97 ( Colombia); Williams, 1983: 489 (taxonomy); Young & Rogers, 1984: 599 ( Ecuador record); Porter et al., 1987: 929 ( Guatemala record); Herrero & Jiménez, 1992: 151 ( Costa Rica records).

Psychodopygus bispinosus (Fairchild & Hertig) : Forattini, 1973: 170 (figures, taxonomy); Lainson et al., 1976a: 57 ( Brazil records); Le Pont, 1990: 673 ( French Guiana); Galati, 2003: 45 (as bispinosus series).

Diagnosis. Anapimeron without setae. Male: gonostylus with only two spiniform setae at apex, nearly as long as gonocoxite; paramere simple, straight. Female: cibarium with 4 horizontal teeth, two longitudinal rows of large vertical teeth at center and some smaller vertical teeth at sides, arch complete; spermathecal common duct striated but without rugosities near the junction with individual ducts; individual spermathecal ducts shortest than spermathecae (Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).

Material examined. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar: 12-viii-2009, 1 ♂; 11-viii-2010, 1 ♂; 17-xi- 2010, 4 ♂; 18-xi-2010, 1 ♂; 03-xii-2010, 1 ♀; 19-i-2011, 1 ♀; 20-i-2011, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita: 20-ii-2010, 2 ♀; 19- xi-2010, 1 ♂. Collected with CDC light traps.

Additional material collected with Magoon traps. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Guadalupe Miramar, 08-xii-2009, 1 ♀; 17-xi-2010, 3 ♀.

Distribution. BELIZE, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, COLOMBIA, SURINAME, FRENCH GUYANA, ECUADOR, BRAZIL (Young & Duncan 1994), and now in MEXICO (Chiapas).

Remarks. This is the first record of Psychodopygus bispinosus in Mexico. The male is very easy to distinguish based on the gonostyli; however, to recognize the female it is necessary to measure the relative length of spermathecal ducts. Female feeding habits are unknown but apparently they are not anthropophilous.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 15. Psychodopygus bispinosus (Fairchild & Hertig, 1951), male. 12) Head, frontal view; 13) Flagellomere 2 and 3; 14) Wing; 15) Terminalia, lateral view. Scales in millimeters.

FIGURES 16 – 20. Psychodopygus corossoniensis (LePont & Pajot, 1978), male. 16) Head, frontal view; 17) Flagellomere 2; 18) Wing; 19) Paramere; 20) Terminalia, lateral view. Scales in millimeters.