Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) cratifer ( Fairchild and Hertig 1961 )

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, Suárez-Landa, Teresa & Mendoza, Fredy, 2011, An updated checklist of the phlebotomine sand flies of Veracruz, Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae), Zootaxa 2928, pp. 29-40 : 35

Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) cratifer ( Fairchild and Hertig 1961)

(= Lutzomyia (Psathyromyia) cratifer ( Fairchild and Hertig 1961) sensu Young and Duncan 1994 )

Phlebotomus cratifer Fairchild and Hertig 1961 , 242 (male, female). Type-locality: Mexico, Chiapas, Palenque.

Lutzomyia (Psathyromyia) cratifer (Fairchild and Hertig) : Young and Duncan 1994, 344 (references, keys, taxonomy, distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal 2002, 150 (references, diagnosis, distribution).

Psathyromyia (Psathyromyia) cratifer (Fairchild and Hertig) : Galati 2003, 43, 114, 115 (list, keys).

Ibáñez-Bernal et al. (2006) reported this species in Veracruz from the states of Chiapas and Quintana Roo. Specimens were collected from El Tacahuite, Arroyo Chilares, Loma de San Nicolás (Municipality of de Juchique de Ferrer), and in El Zapotal (Municipality of Colipa). Additional records are as follows.

Material examined. Mexico, Veracruz, Municipality of Tuxpan, Nautla, 7-12-2009, 17-22°C, 91% HR, UV light trap, Brig. Ent. II, 1 male; Municipality of Ixhuatlán del Sureste, El Limón, tree hole, 14-11-1997, Ortiz-Pérez, col. 2 females.