Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) Galati, 1995

Lutzomyia species group cruciata: Theodor, 1965: 181; Martins et al., 1978: 120.

Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) species group cruciata: Artemiev, 1991: 73 .

Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia): Young & Duncan, 1994: 45 (in part).

Tricholateralis Galati, 1995: 136 (as subgenus of Lutzomyia). Type species: Lutzomyia cruciata (Coquillett, 1907) . Additional references: Galati, 2003: 36 (listed, keys).

Diagnosis. Flagellomere 3 without sensorial papilla; abdominal pleura with small setae. Male: gonostylus with one apical spiniform setae and without preapical setae. Female: spermatheca annulated (Galati 2003).

Remarks. This subgenus includes species which females usually feed on human blood as well as on other vertebrates, and some species have been incriminated or associated as possible vectors of Leishmania to humans (Young & Duncan 1994). According to Galati (2003) 12 species are included in this subgenus, with three of them distributed in Mexico.