Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) Ortiz & Scorza, 1963

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Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) Ortiz & Scorza, 1963

Phlebotomus (Pifanomyia) Ortiz & Scorza, 1963: 344 . Type species: Phlebotomus serranus Damasceno & Causey , by original designation.

Lutzomyia species group verrucarum: Theodor, 1965: 183 (defined); Lewis et al., 1977: 325; Martins et al., 1978: 124 (in part, defined); Feliciangeli et al., 1992: 729; Young & Duncan, 1994: 171.

Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) (in part): Forattini, 1973: 212.

Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) Ortiz & Scorza : Galati, 1995: 137; Galati, 2003: 37.

Diagnosis. Pi. (Pifanomyia) includes species which differs from Pi. ( Pintomyia ) by the absence of spines on hind femur and the non-sclerotized spermathecal individual ducts at base of spermathecae ( Galati 2003).

Remarks. Galati (2003) recognized seven series: pacae Galati, 1995, monticola Artemiev, 1991, pia Galati, 1995, verrucarum Fairchild, 1955, evansi Galati, 1995 , serrana Barretto, 1962 , and townsendi Galati, 1995, with about 50 species ( Galati 2003), nearly all distributed in South America, but with series serrana and evansi including species recorded in Mexico.