Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) Galati, 1995

Lutzomyia species group vexatrix: Theodor, 1965: 183 (in part).

Lutzomyia species group vexator series vexator: Lewis et al., 1977: 325 .

Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) Galati, 1995: 136 . Type species: Flebotomus vexator Coquillett, 1907 . Additional references: Galati, 2003: 33, 68 (list, key).

Diagnosis. Pharynx spines absent; Male: Antennal flagellomere 1 shorter than head; gonocoxite with a basal tuft of 4 to 7 setae; gonostylus with two apical and the internal spiniform setae originated before middle. Female: Antennal flagellomere 1 no longer than 0.75 the head length; flagellomere 2 internal ascoid reaching or surpassing the level of papilliform sensilla; cibarium with 2 or more pairs of horizontal teeth; spermatheca small, globular or longer, striated or annulated (Young & Duncan 1994, Galati 2003).

Remarks. Galati (2003) recognized two series of species in this subgenus, the series vexator and chiapanensis, both with species distributed in Central America, Mexico and the United States. In this work one species of series chiapanensis is reported.